Hassayampa Shaft

Occurrence in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodities 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055104
MRDS ID RE00050
Record type Site
Current site name Hassayampa Shaft
Related records 10042275

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.87998, 37.38748 (WGS84)
Elevation 1530
Relative position 4600 FEET S82E FROM THE JUNCTION BETWEEN ARSENIC GULCH AND THE EAST FORK OF BEAVER DAM WASH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldstrike(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 039S 018W 20 NE OF NE OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Argillization, Oxidation

Analytical data

Result AN ANALYSIS OF A CHIP-CHANNEL SAMPLE COLLECTED ACROSS THE ZONE BY LEE PERRY OF THE UGMS IN 1979 YIELDED THE FOLLOWING RESULTS: <.01 PPM AU, .9 PPM AG, 85 PPM AS, 5 PPM SB, 290 PPB HG, 15 PPM CU, 65 PPM MO, 70 PPM PB, 365 PPM ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Callville Limestone;
    Rock description Callville Limestone;
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.87998, 37.38748

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Thrust Belt, Detachment And Denudation Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description N23w Striking Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N23W
    Dip 88 NE
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N23w Striking Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECT LIES JUST NORTH OF AN EAST-WEST FAULT JUXTAPOSING THE LEACH CANYON TUFF TO THE SOUTH AND THE CALLVILLE LIMESTONE TO THE NORTH. THE NORTH SIDE OF THE FAULT IS BROADLY SILICIFIED IN AN EAST-WEST BELT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goldstrike District

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT AND AN ADJACENT CUT. THE SHAFT HAS BEEN FILLED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF A ROAD. THE SHAFT WAS 110 FEET DEEP WITH A 16 FOOT LONG CROSSCUT AT THE BOTTOM. THE CUT IS 50 FEET IN LENGTH

Comments on development

  • OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY CHANGED IN 1914 FROM THE BULL VALLEY GOLD MINES COMPANY TO JOHN Z. ALGER. THE AREA HAS BEEN EXPLORED IN RECENT YEARS FOR PRECIOUS METALS, ESPECIALLY SINCE 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M., 1983, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE GOLDSTRIKE DISTRICT

  • Deposit

    ADAIR, D.H., 1975, UNPUBLISHED GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GOLDSTRIKE DISTRICT

  • Deposit

    SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGSM FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A FAULT ZONE, STRIKING N23W AND DIPPING 88 DEGREES TO THE NE, ALONG WHICH OCCURS STRONG BRECCIATION, SILICIFICATION, AND IRON OXIDE STAINING. THE SILICIFIED BRECCIA ZONE HAS BEEN CALLED A VEIN OR A FISSURE VEIN IN PREVIOUS REPORTS. THE SILICIFIED BRECCIA ZONE IS EXPOSED IN THE CUT AND RANGES FROM 4 FEET TO 1 FOOT IN WIDTH. IT COMPRISES THE HANGING WALL OF THE HASSAYAMPA FAULT. SILICIFIED BRECCIA IS DARK BROWN WITH STRONG LIMONITE STAINING AND JAROSITE. THE FOOTWALL CONSISTS OF A 10 FOOT WIDE ZONE OF ARGILLIZED FAULT GOUGE. A SMALL CROSS-FAULT IS PRESENT AT N72W, 55 SW WITH MINOR DISPLACEMENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1985 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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