Swastika Mine

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc
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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104145
MRDS ID M800041
Record type Site
Current site name Swastika Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Prince, Black Warrior, Mora B, Kingdon
Related records 10234485, 10113801

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.31185, 34.26227 (WGS84)
Elevation 1582
Relative position 3.3 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF CROWN KING, ARIZONA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Battle Flat(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

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011N 001W 25 SE OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SWASTIKA IS MINE NAME GROUP. SILVER PRINCE AND MORA B ARE PATENTED CLAIMS IN THE SWASTIKA GROUP. BLACK WARRIOR IS ANOTHER NAME FOR MORA B.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite Dikes
    Rock description Rhyolite Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) Early Proterozoic granitic rocks

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Proterozoic Rocks Trends N 25 E
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Dikes And Foliation

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 25 E
    Dip 70 W AVERAGE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 914.4M
    Width 213.36M
    Depth to bottom 128.02M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • SWASTIKA VEINS BEST DEVELOPED IN PRECAMBRIAN CHERT, VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH RHYOLITE DIKES OF CRET - PALEO AGE, BUT ORE NOT LOCALIZED IN DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1874
Discoverer Tn Alexander, W. Cole, E.G. Peck, Cc Bean
Year of first production 1876
Year of last production 1976
Production years 1907-1940

Mining district

District name Peck District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Swastika Development Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hoffman, A. L. (Loft)
    Home office Rt 23, Camp Verde, Az 602-567-3538

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.066HA
    Length 2743.2M
    Overall depth 121.92M
    Overall length 457.2M
    Overall width 1.52M

Comments on development

  • MAJOR PRODUCTION = 1907-1940. PRODUCTION START-UP IN 1976 AFTER 22 YRS INACTIVITY. PROPERTY CURRENTLY LEASED TO CANADIAN FIRM DOING LEACH OPERATION, FEASIBILITY STUDY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT - USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOL SURVEY BULL. 782, P. 162.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN PRODUCTION FROM BLACK WARRIOR (MORA B CLAIM) FROM 1878-1882 ORE GRADES HAVE AVERAGED 65 OUNCES PER TON SILVER LINDGREN'S (1926) DESCRIPTION OF SWASTIKA SOMEWHAT IN ERROR. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit SWASTIKA CONTAINS TWO VEINS, PRINCE (EAST) AND LITTLE PRINCE (WEST), SEPARATED BY 300 FT OF PRECAMBRIAN SCHIST AND CRET-PALEO RHYOLITE DIKES. PRINCE VEIN ONLY HAS BEEN EXPLOITED TO ANY EXTENT SWASTIKA CONTAINS 4 PATENTED CLAIMS: CURTIN, MORA B, ISIS, SILVER PRINCE, AND 19 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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