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Jack White Mine

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  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 10048187
MRDS ID M800253
Record type Site
Current site name Jack White Mine
Alternate or previous names Eyrich

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.05629, 33.60396 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 18 MILES FROM PHOENIX RAILWAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunnyslope(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003N 003E 16 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF PHOENIX MOUNTAINS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS FINELY DIVIDED AND HAS FORMED NO PLACERS, SOME SULFIDES FOUND IN MINE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxide Zone

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ASSAY $25/TON (1929), $44-164/TON (1931)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.05629, 33.60396
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike SW FO S
    Dip 60W
    Length 35.05M
    Width 0.76M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANITE CONTAINS MASSES OF SCHIST AND A FEW DIKES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885

Mining district

District name Winifred District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr White
    First year 1934

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS OF BULLION WERE PRODUCED IN 1928.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1219.2M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS WERE DEVELOPING 30 TONS/DAY IN 1930.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, CUNNINGHAM, AND BUTLER, ABGMT BULL 137, 1934, P.165-166

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, VARIOUS ISSUES, 1929-1932

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIZE OF VEIN IS AT 200 FT LEVEL
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-81 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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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