Augustus Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048268
MRDS ID M800389
Record type Site
Current site name Augustus Mine
Alternate or previous names Augustus-Sulla-North Extension

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.26076, 34.06005 (WGS84)
Elevation 768
Relative position 1.3 MILES NE OF BULLARD PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Smith Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(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 008N 010W 01 W2 OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM LOCATED TO CENTER OF CLAIMS FOUND ON BLM DISTRICT SHEET 341. NO WORKINGS APPARENT ON TOPO MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 15
    Dating method K-Ar
    Type of media Biotite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 15
    Dating method K-Ar
    Type of media Biotite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.26076, 34.06005

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tertiary Volcanics Strike N70w, Dip Steeply South To Vertical
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Faults Which Cut Volcanics At An Angle

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ CALCITE VEIN WHICH CUTS TERTIARY VOLCANICS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1945
Year of last production 1945

Mining district

District name Bullard District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Merrill, Millikan
    First year 1945

Comments on development

  • PATENTED CLAIMS (MS #3403)= AUGUSTUS, SULLA, NORTH EXTENSION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    BLM DISTRICT SHEET #341

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIMS ARE ORIENTED IN A NNW TO NW ORIENTATION. VEIN MAY PARALLEL LONG DIMENSION OF CLAIMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.