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Amulet Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109072
MRDS ID M004362
Record type Site
Current site name Amulet Mine
Related records 10113893

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.3638, 34.46588 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 1 MILE NE OF WALKER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poland Junction(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 013N 001W 33 SE OF NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Analytical data

Result HIGH GRADE ORE WAS 459 OZ. AG/TON, 46 % PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Government Canyon Granodiorite;Informal Name-Walker Stock, Walker Granodiorite
    Rock description Government Canyon Granodiorite;Informal Name-Walker Stock, Walker Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.3638, 34.46588
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Country Rocks Trends N10e To N45e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Sometimes Parallel To Regional Foliation

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPSOIT IS VEIN IN PRECAMBRIAN GOVERNMENT CANYON GRANODIORITE AND CRET-PALEO WALKER GRANODIORITE, CRET-TERT RHYOLITE DIKES MAY APPEAR LOCALLY NEAR THE DEPOSIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Walker District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM (9) IS ESTIMATED FROM $10,000 GOLD PRODUCTION AT $20.67 PER OUNCE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782, P. 112.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 140 , P. 102 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1982 Dewitt, Ed H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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