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Cumberland Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109071
MRDS ID M004350
Record type Site
Current site name Cumberland Mine
Related records 10283673

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.35324, 34.36894 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 2 MILES NE OF GOODWIN

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 012N 001W 22 SE OF NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ONLY OXIDIZED ORE MINED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1770
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1770
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.35324, 34.36894
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N20e And Dips Steeplly Northwest
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Or Diverge From It At Slight Angles

Ore body information

  • Strike NNE
    Dip W
    Depth to bottom 106.68M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Igneous Activity

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. LARAMIDE STOCK IS 0.2 MILES SOUTH OF MAIN WORKINGS OF CUMBERLAND

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1906
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Pine Flat District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. A. Kirk

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 106.68M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 150

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M.J. AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936 , ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140 , P. 102

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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