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Bill Taft Mine

Past Producer in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Iron
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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. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102448
MRDS ID M002310
Record type Site
Current site name Bill Taft Mine
Related records 10186058

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.36687, 33.26535 (WGS84)
Elevation 411
Relative position SOUTHEAST OF CLANTON WELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbus Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Little Horn Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(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 Yuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 002S 011W 10,11,15 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.36687, 33.26535
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description In General, The Schist Stands Nearly Vertical And Strikes N 60 E, But Considerable Local Irregularity Of Structure Is Evident

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Length 60.96M
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Gold-Bearing Material Was Richest Within Fifteen Feet Of The Surface But, Lower Down, Did Not Have More Than A Few Dollars Per Ton.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gila Bend Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • A LITTLE SURFACE GOLD ORE HAD BEEN MINED DURING 1909; SEVERAL SACKS OF PITCH GOLD ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1910

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 7.62M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE A 20 DEG W INCLINED SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, P. 145.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY NULLETIN 192, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 145

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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