Golden Aster Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048154
MRDS ID M800201
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Aster Mine
Alternate or previous names Lehman Mine, Lehman Property, Rattlesnake Vein

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.45574, 34.09478 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 4.5 MILES N-NE OF BLACK BUTTE (3753)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copperopolis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009N 002W 27 NW OF SW OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • GOLDEN ASTER MINE PROBABLY CONTAINS TWO VEINS, THE RATTLESNAKE AND THE WILLIE. THE GOLDEN ASTER (LEHMAN) IS NOT THE SAME MINE AS THE CHAMPIE MINE (LEHMAN), WEST OF COPPEROPOLIS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor Fe-Staining

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Amphibole Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.45574, 34.09478

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Low-Angle (Less Than 50 Degree Dip) Faults Which Trend Nw
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Schist Trends N20e To N50e. Tertiary Volcanics Dip Ne, Strike Nw

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10 W
    Dip 25 W
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 426.72M
    Width 100M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN LOCALIZED ALONG LOW-ANGLE FAULT WHICH PROBABLY DISPLACES TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS TO THE SOUTHEAST. DEPOSIT AGE PROBABLY MIOCENE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Gus Lehman
Year of first production 1929
Year of last production 1936

Mining district

District name Castle Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Golden Aster Mining Co.
    First year 1936
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gus Lehman Champie
    First year 1936

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1,000 FEET OF TUNNELS AND RAISES

Comments on development

  • IN 1936 THE GOLDEN ASTER MINING CO. WAS OWNED BY THE CHAMPIE BROTHERS, IN 1938, RECORDS SHOW OWNER AS MRS. E. CHAMPIE. 15 CLAIMS PRESENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 137, P. 62

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782, P. 187

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN RES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE PARALLEL VEINS CLOSE TOGETHER, 2 FT, 6 IN AND 6 FT WIDE
Deposit USGS BULL 782, P. 183 GIVES THE AGE OF THE VEINS AS PRE-CAMBRIAN. DIORITE DIKES STRIKE EAST-WEST AND DIP SOUTH ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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