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Acquisition 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048264
MRDS ID M800385
Record type Site
Current site name Acquisition Mine
Alternate or previous names Occident Group ?
Related records 10137712

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.29685, 34.0595 (WGS84)
Elevation 960
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 1.4 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF SITE OF HUMBUG, Mils Location Data Only. Utm To Adit On West Fork Of Carpenter Gulch

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008N 001E 06 SE OF SW OF SW OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 0.6 MILES NORTH OF LITTLE JOSEPH MINE. USGS BULL 782 SHOWS ACQUISITION MINE AT SITE OF LITTLE JOSEPH MINE. MILS SAYS LOCATION IS TO THE NORTH. NOT KNOWN WHETHER OCCIDENT GROUP IS SYNONYM OR NOT FOR ACQUISITION MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite;Rhyolite Porphyry Dikes
    Rock description Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite;Rhyolite Porphyry Dikes
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.29685, 34.0595
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Xenoliths (Quartz-Mica Schist) Trends N40e To N50e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Rhyolite Prophyry Dikes And Foliation In Precambrian Xenoliths

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike ENE
    Dip STEEPLY

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN IN PORTEROZOIC QUARTZ MONZONITE. VEINS ARE NORMALLY PARALLEL AND ADJACENT TO CRET-PALEO RHYOLITE DIKES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1913
Year of last production 1938

Mining district

District name Humbug District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Acquisition Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 126.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT TUNNEL 414 FT LONG ON OCCIDENT MINE

Comments on development

  • LOCATED IN CARPENTER GULCH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782, P. 178-179

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    MILS LOCATION DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-81 Dewitt, Ed H. U.S. Geological Survey

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