Pocahontas - Turnbeaugh Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104147
MRDS ID M800174
Record type Site
Current site name Pocahontas - Turnbeaugh Mine
Alternate or previous names Pocahontas, Turnbeaugh
Related records 10283699

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.17048, 34.40394 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 2 MILES S-SE OF THORN PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thorn Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Maria(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 012N 009W 11;2 NW OF NW (11); NW OF NW OF SW (02) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • THE POCAHONTAS AND TURNBEAUGH ARE TWO CLAIMS IN A SERIES OF FOUR. THE POCAHONTAS IS IN SECTION 2, THE TURNBEAUGH IS IN SECTION 11, UTM TAKEN TO TURNBEAUGH CLAIM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.17048, 34.40394

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Minor Foliation In Schist Trends Ne; Igneous Rocks Massive
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Often Are Low-Angle, Dipping Less Than 40 Degrees

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 20 W APPROXIMATELY
    Dip 30 E
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 548.64M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to bottom 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • TERTIARY IGNEOUS ROCKS MAY BE PRESENT LOCALLY ALONG QUARTZ VEINS OR MAY BE ABSENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Discoverer Turnbeaugh And Becleman
Year of first production 1918
Year of last production 1939

Mining district

District name Crosby District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Santa Maria Corp
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. Ben Ross Or Alec Lucy
    First year 1939

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 2.19HA
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 152.4M
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 500 FT LEVEL ONLY EXPLORED ON TURNBEAUGH. MOST OTHER WORK CONFINED TO UPPER 200 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT. MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS LOW-ANGLE QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC IGNEOUS ROCKS. VEIN APPARENTLY CUT BY ANDESITE DIKE, ALTHOUGH VEIN ALSO COINCIDES WITH DIKE. NUMEROUS SMALL ORE SHOOTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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.