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Carnation Mine

Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  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 10109063
MRDS ID M004111
Record type Site
Current site name Carnation Mine
Alternate or previous names Empire, Gray Eagle
Related records 10234411

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.14662, 34.19893 (WGS84)
Elevation 268
Relative position ABOUT 11 MILES NE OF PARKER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cross Roads(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N 018W 16,17,21 NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • E OF BILLY MACK MOUNTAIN; S OF GIERS MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Copper Ore
Hematite Ore
Malachite Ore
Siderite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 8,000 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 4% CU, 0.2 OZ AU/TON, AND 0.05 OZ AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw-Trending Basin And Range Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Silicified Normal Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENSES AND PODS
    Length 914.4M
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Along Low-Angle Normal Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS IN IRREGULAR, VUGGY, SILICEOUS REPLACEMENT BODIES IN FOLDED AND FAULTED PALEOZOIC OR MESOZOIC LIMESTONE; ORE IS ALSO FOUND IN IRREGULAR STRINGERS, FRACTURES, AND BRECCIA FILLINGS IN A STRONG, WIDE, SILICIFIED FAULT ZONE; STRONG FOLDING AND FRACTURING WITH NUMEROUS QUARTZ VEINS; BASALT CAPPING TO THE EAST; OREBODIES ARE WITHIN AND ABOVE THE CHLORITIC, MICROBRECCIATED DETACHMENT SURFACE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1910
Year of last production 1969

Mining district

District name Cienega District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dan King
    First year 1971

Production statistics

  • Year 1929
    Period 1909-1929
    Material AU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^4 % Cu, 0.2 Oz Au/Ton, 0.05 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Silver Silver 2g/mt
    Minor Gold Gold 6g/mt
    Minor Copper Copper 4wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION FROM 1900 TO 1970'S.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1219.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT WORK CONSISTS OF TUNNELS, OPEN CUTS, TEST PITS AND FOUR MAIN SHAFTS: 125 FT, 300 FT, 300 FT, AND 600 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED AND MINED INTERMITTENTLY FROM EARLY 1900'S TO 1970'S; PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE; WATSON, EMPIRE ARIZONA CONSOLIDATED, COPPER CO., EMPIRE ARIZONA COPPER CO., HARRITT AND DAVIS, EMPIRE ARIZONA MINING CO., STRATEGIC METALS MINES, LUCKY TIGER COMBINATION GOLD MINING CO., CORNEJO, BAKER AND KING COPPER MINING CO., AMERICAN-ARIZONA METALS CO.; EMPIRE GROUP CONSISTED OF 19 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 451, P. 76

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 140, P. 104

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 192, P. 123

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    WILKINS, J. AND HEIDRICK, T.L., 1982, BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION RELATED TO LOW-ANGLE TECTONIC FEATURES IN THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND BUCKSKIN MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA. IN: MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE COLORADO RIVER REGION, CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND NEVADA; CORDILLERAN PUBLISHERS; P. 182.

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P.104. (10) KEITH, S.B., 1978.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6 MAIN VEINS, FROM 1 TO 50 FEET IN WIDTH, TRACEABLE FOR 1500 TO 3000 FEET EACH.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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