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Sugar Bowl Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048168
MRDS ID M800220
Record type Site
Current site name Sugar Bowl Mine
Related records 10137312

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.0563, 34.59644 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE NW 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

Cherry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(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 003E 17 NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM COORDINATES TO SOUTHERN PART OF NW QUARTER OF SECTION 17.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver 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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Quartz Diorite Unfoliated

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 25 E TO N 45 E
    Dip 25 NW TO 45 NW
    Thickness 0.46M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

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
Year of first production 1940
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Cherry Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Loper And Allen (1940'S)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Loper, Oliver
    First year 1942

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 30 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 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.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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