Welcome 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. 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 10048164
MRDS ID M800215
Record type Site
Current site name Welcome Mine
Alternate or previous names Rincon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.75353, 34.17311 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 3.4 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;27;35 SW OF SW (26); SE OF SE (27); NW OF NW (35) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS MEASURED TO THE CENTER OF ONE OF THE SHAFTS IN SECTION 26. THERE IS A SECOND SHAFT TO THE EAST, IMMEDIATELY NEXT TO THE FIRST; ONE TO THE WEST IN SECTION 27; AND TWO TO THE SOUTH IN SECTION 35. ALSO THERE ARE TWO ADITS (THE HUNTER TUNNEL) TO THE WEST IN SECTION 27 WHICH MAY CONNECT UNDERGROUND TO THE WELCOME

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite 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) -112.75353, 34.17311

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 N70W
    Dip 80N TO VERTICAL
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 1524M
    Width 50.29M
    Depth to bottom 50.29M

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 1880
Year of first production 1905
Year of last production 1935

Mining district

District name Rich Hill District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner D. B. Hibbect
    First year 1935

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.044HA
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 50.29M
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN WELCOME SHAFT IS 165 FT DEEP; HIBBARD SHAFT 40 FT; MILLARD SHAFT 40 FT

Comments on development

  • PATENTED CLAIMS ARE WELCOME NO 1 WEST, WELCOME NO 1 EAST, WELCOME, AND HUNTER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    AZ. DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS NEARLY VERTICAL AS OPPOSED TO GENTLY-DIPPING DIXIE VEIN TO NORTH. MINERALIZED ZONE 60 FT WIDE CONTAINS AT LEAST 2 VEINS. ALTERED DIORITE DIKE PARALLELS VEIN. VEIN IS LOWER GRADE THAN DIXIE
Deposit THE NEW YORK GROUP, WELCOME GROUP, AND DIXIE GROUP FORM THE SIDES OF A TRIANGLE. PRODUCTION DATA FOR ALL THREE MAY HAVE BEEN COMBINED UNDER THE HEADING OF THE RINCON MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 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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