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Gold Charm Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048239
MRDS ID M800346
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Charm Mine
Alternate or previous names Golden Eagle, St. Theresa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.44575, 34.42699 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 2.5 MILES NW OF MT. UNION LOOKOUT TOWER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Groom Creek(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)

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 12N 002W 35 SW OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN TO ADIT SYMBOL SOUTHWEST OF THE BIG PINE GROUP. GOLD CHARM MAYBE THE BIG PINE MINE, BUT MINED AT A LATER DATE AND GIVEN A NEW NAME. GOLD CHARM MAY ALSO BE SEPARATE MINE FROM BIG PINE, BUT MAY HAVE HAD ITS NAME CONFUSED WITH THE BIG PINE THROUGH TIME

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Government Canyon Granodiorite
    Rock description Government Canyon Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.44575, 34.42699
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Granodiorite Rather Massive

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC GRANODIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1934
Year of last production 1949

Mining district

District name Mount Union District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner St. Theresa Mining Co.
    First year 1934
    Last year 1935
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. Larue

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO TUNNELS

Comments on development

  • PATENTED CLAIMS INCLUDE MS. 2804 GROUP: WEST END, WEST END EXTENSION. MAIN ADIT ON WEST END EXTENSION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    AZ DEP MIN RES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS GQ MAP GQ-997

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY LITTLE INFORMATION ON DEPOSIT. GEOLOGY SIMILAR TO BIG PINE MINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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