Oblong Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048251
MRDS ID M800367
Record type Site
Current site name Oblong Mine
Alternate or previous names Oblong Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.39852, 34.55144 (WGS84)
Elevation 1713
Relative position ABOUT 1.8 MILES EAST NORTH EAST OF BADGER MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Prescott(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)

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 001W 31 CENTER OF E2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LOCATION BASED ON LOCATION TO CENTER OF CLAIM AS GIVEN BY USBM FILES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.39852, 34.55144

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Proterozoic Metamorphic Rocks Trends N-S To Slightly E Of North
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Foliation Or Cross-Cut It At Slight Angles. Vein Trends Northwest

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 25 W
    Dip 80 E
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC CRYSTALLINE ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1937
Year of last production 1938

Mining district

District name Prescott District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. E. Walde

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES

  • Deposit

    ABGMT -USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 467, P. 104

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 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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