Dixie Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048163
MRDS ID M800214
Record type Site
Current site name Dixie Mine
Alternate or previous names Rincon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.75047, 34.17838 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position ABOUT 2.7 MILES SOUTH OF YARNELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Congress(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N 005W 26 NE OF NW OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • THREE ADITS IN A NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST LINE WITH THE LOCATION MEASURED TO THE MIDDLE ADIT. MIDDLE ADIT IS ON DIXIE NO. 1 CLAIM AND IS REALLY AN INCLINED SHAFT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor Sericite Along Vein Walls

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.75047, 34.17838

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks Trends N10e To N25e; Granitic Rocks Unfoliated
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Mafic Dikes Which Trend Northeast And Dip At Low Angles, Usually Less Than 40 Degree.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N35E TO N45E
    Dip 22NW
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 914.4M
    Width 304.8M
    Depth to bottom 304.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing, Igneous Activity

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN GRANITIC ROCKS. VEIN LOCALIZED ALONG SHALLOWLY-DIPPING ANDESITE AND DIORITE DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1906
Year of last production 1936

Mining district

District name Rich Hill District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.053HA
    Length 1463.04M
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT TO 1050 FT. DRIFTS EVERY 100 FEET VERTICALLY. DIFFICULT TO TELL WHICH WORKINGS ARE ON DIXIE GROUP VS. WELCOME GROUP

Comments on development

  • PRODUCTION DATA FOR RINCON MINES COMBINED DATA FROM BOTH THE DIXIE AND WELCOME GROUPS. PATENTED CLAIMS IN DIXIE GROUP ARE DIXIE NO. 1, 2, AND 3, SUNEYSIDE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 137, P. 68

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIORITE AND PORPHYRY DIKES PARALLEL THE QUARTZ VEIN. DIORITE DIKES APPEAR TO BE MINERALIZED. AVERAGE VEIN THICKNESS AT THE SURFACE IS ONE FOOT.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S
Deposit NEW YORK GROUP OF CLAIMS, WELCOME GROUP, AND DIXIE GROUP FORM THE THREE SIDES OF A TRIANGLE. PRODUCTION DATA FROM ALL THREE MAY HAVE BEEN COMBINED UNDER THE RINCON HEADING. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) 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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