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Senator Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109047
MRDS ID M003364
Record type Site
Current site name Senator Mine
Related records 10137993

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.43518, 34.41449 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Relative position 3 3/4 MILES S OF GROOM CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Groom Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(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 012N;12N 002W 02;35 NE (02); NE (35) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS FOR MAIN SHAFT; MAIN SHAFT IS T12N, R02W, SEC 02; TUNNEL RUNS NE TO CASH MINE THEN NW TO SENATOR ADIT AT T12.5N, R02W, SEC 35

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Specularite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.43518, 34.41449
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N35e To N50e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Dikes And Veins Parallel Foliation

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip S
    Length 76.2M
    Width 0.46M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 182.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC AND METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS. RHYOLITE PORPHYRY DIKES OF PROBABLELCRET-TERT AGE ASSOCIATED WITH VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Union District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM ( 8 ) IS ESTIMATED FROM $ 500,000 PRODUCTION AT $ 20.67 PER OUNCE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 254.51M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782, P. 120

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M.J. AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936 , ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140 , P. 101

  • Deposit

    ABGMT AND ADMR FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 137, P. 46

  • Production

    ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140 , P. 101.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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