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Ash Peak Mines

Producer in Greenlee county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Silica, Copper, Lead, Manganese
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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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048297
MRDS ID M800429
Record type Site
Current site name Ash Peak Mines
Alternate or previous names Commerce and Shamrock Mine, Shamrock Mine, Hardy Mine, Ash Peak Extension, Goldfield Extension
Related records 10234979

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.24897, 32.75733 (WGS84)
Elevation 1366
Relative position 0.75 MILE NE OF ASH PEAK; 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 70; 8 MILES WNW OF DUNCAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenlee(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sheldon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Safford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Greenlee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008S 030E 03,11,02,10 SE (03); NW (11) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION NOTED ON GUTHRIE AND YORK VALLEY QUADRANGLES. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Silica Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOURCE OF SILICEOUS FLUXING ORE FOR USE IN SOUTHWEST COPPER SMELTERS; PRODUCTION FROM OPEN PIT EQUALS 90% OF TOTAL.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Ore
Calcite Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz Mineralization Altered And Cemented Fault Breccia; Further Faulting Was Followed By Further Mineralization And Alteration Of Fault Breccia

Analytical data

Result 1938 ANALYSIS
Result 10.97 OZ/T AG, 0.025 OZ/T AU, 85.8% SIO2, 0.045% S, 3.21% FE2O3, 3.28% AL2O3, 5.07% CAO, 0.45% MN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Tertiary Volcanic Flows
    Rock description Tertiary Volcanic Flows
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.24897, 32.75733
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fault Fissure Shears The Tertiary Tuffs/Flows And Forms Hogbacks In Places
Type of structure Local
Structure description Diabase Dike Follows The Hanging Wall Of The Fissure Vein And Separates Vein Material From The Hanging Wall Of The Fault; Diabase Fractures Easily And Has Made It Difficult To Mine The Subjacent Ores Cleanly

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR AND NARROW
    Strike N60W
    Dip 80 NE
    Length 3218.6M
    Width 6.1M
  • General form TABULAR AND NARROW
    Dip 80 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw Trending Veins That Follow A Fault Fissure Of About 100 Ft Vertical Displacement

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE FIRST ANDESITE FLOWS, WHICH OVERLIE THE UPPERMOST LIMESTONE FORMATIONS, VARY IN TEXTURE FROM PORPHYRITIC TO APHANITIC AND FORM THE ORIGINAL BRECCIA IN THE FAULT FISSURE; THE PORPHYRITIC PHASE HAS BEEN MORE READILY CONVERTED INTO ORE THAN THE APHANITIC PHASE; CONTINUED FAULTING ALONG THE ORIGINAL ZIG-ZAGGED FISSURE RESULTED IN FORMATION OF ENORMOUS ORE LENSES ALONG THE FAULT PLANE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1905
Year of last production 1970

Mining district

District name Ash Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Arizona Flux Mines, Inc.
    Home office Duncan, Az
    First year 1986
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ash Peak Mines, Inc.

Reserves and resources

  • Type Tailings
    Estimate year 1986
    Total resources 13000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 84.706 g/mt Silver Major 1986

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SILICA FLUX ORE INCLUDES BOTH UNDERGROUND AND OPEN PIT RESERVES. TAILINGS NUMBER IS ALSO RESERVES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1879.7M
    Overall depth 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED COMMONWEALTH SHAFT; HARDY SHAFT OF 700 FT DEPTH; SHAMROCK SHAFT OF 1000 FT DEPTH; COMMERCE SHAFT OF 500 FT DEPTH AND CONNECTED WITH SHAMROCK SHAFT; VEIN OPEN PIT EXTENDING SE FROM COMMERCE SHAFT; 1500 FT LF LONG-HOLE EXPLORATION DRILLING; LATERAL CROSS-CUTS EVERY 100 FT ON THE SHAMROCK SHAFT; 11000 FT. OF DRIFTING ALONG THE VEIN; DIAMOND DRILLING TO 1400 FT DEPTH; THE SHAMROCK IS AN 80 DEGREE INCLINE SHAFT IN THE VEIN FOOTWALL AND IS 2000 FT AWAY FROM THE COMMERCE ON GROUND LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • 2 MILLSITES TOTALLING 9 ACRES, 5 PATENTED LODE CLAIMS TOTALLING 70.5 ACRES, AND 27 ADDITIONAL UNPATENTED CLAIMS; OWNERS INCLUDED E.E. LEWIS, ARIZONA TITLE AND TRUST CO, PHOENIX TITLE AND TRUST CO, ARTHUR MURPHY AND ASSOCIATES, VETA MINES INC, GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED MINES CO, ARIZONA ANACONDA COPPER MINING CO. OPERATORS INCLUDED E.E. LEWIS INC (SUBSIDIARY OF BEAVER MESA URANIUM INC), JOHN R. PEESO, GLEN A. SMITH, HOWARD MOTTIER AND DAN MAYNE, INTERNATIONAL SMELTING AND REFINING CO OF MIAMI AZ, INTERNATIONAL SMELTER OF INSPIRATION AZ, ASH PEAK LEASE, H.V. SNELL, I.S. JAMES, J.L. ANDERSON, R.Z. MCKOWN, E.J. MARSTON, AND RUSH AND LINES (1970). PATENTED CLAIMS ARE THE COMMERCE, SUMMIT, HOMESTEAD, GREAT EASTERN, FRACTION (LODE CLAIMS), AND SHAMROCK (PLACER CLAIM).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, ASH PEAK MINE, ASH PEAK TAILING DUMP AND MILL, ASH PEAK SILICA MINE, HARDY MINE.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES, SHAMROCK SHAFT, ASH PEAK MINES.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7119.

  • Deposit

    BLM DISTRICT SHEET 851.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, ASH PEAK MINE, SHAMROCK MINE, VETA MINES INC, GOLDFIELD EXTENSION, ASH PEAK EXTENSION MINING CO, HARDY MINE

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1200-AZ.

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILES.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    NIEMUTH, 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED ON 3 PARALLEL VEINS WHICH STAND ALMOST VERTICALLY; ORE SHOOTS ARE FAIRLY CONTINUOUS AND CONSISTENT IN GRADE.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002397 OF J. WILLIAM HASLER, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-SEP-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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