Ambassador 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 10048166
MRDS ID M800217
Record type Site
Current site name Ambassador Mine
Related records 10234556

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.14713, 34.58116 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 6.4 MILES W OF CHERRY, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Humboldt(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(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

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014N 002E 22 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fault Gouge

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Cherry Quartz Diorite (Informal)
    Rock description Cherry Quartz Diorite (Informal)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.14713, 34.58116

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Quartz Diorite Unfoliated

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN IN PROTEROZOIC QUARTZ DIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Year of first production 1941
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Cherry Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner P. E. Woodward And L. Winslow
    First year 1942

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.024HA
    Length 144.78M
    Overall length 83.82M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS, 275 FT AND 200 LONG

Comments on development

  • MADE UP OF 3 CLAIMS - GOLD MOUNTAIN, RED BIRD, RED BIRD EXTENSION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. PP 308, GEOLOGIC MAP.

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT. MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE OF VEIN ESTIMATED FROM ORIENTATION OF TUNNELS ON TOPO MAP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Laraba, Peter (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.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.