Los Felice Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109807
MRDS ID M800017
Record type Site
Current site name Los Felice Mine
Alternate or previous names St Johns Mine, Townsend

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.21296, 34.27394 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 1.0 MILES EAST OF CLEATOR, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cleator(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 010N 001E 01 NW OF SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    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) -112.21296, 34.27394

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation And Transposed Bedding Trend N-S
Type of structure Local
Structure description Northerly Average

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 40 E
    Thickness 1.07M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 121.92M
    Depth to bottom 137.16M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOS FELICE (ST JOHNS) VEIN CUTS PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS. HARRER (1964, P. 105-106) STATES THE DEPOSIT ALSO HAS FE AND MN POTENTIAL IN THE PRECAMBRIAN CHERT AND IRON FORMATION. NO PRODUCTION HAS BEEN RECORDED FOR FE AND MN, HOWEVER

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1932
Year of first production 1937
Year of last production 1938

Mining district

District name Black Canyon District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner St. Johns Au And Cu Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Slak, Mrs. John
    Home office Mayer, Arizona
    First year 1964

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.022HA
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 137.16M
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 3.05M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    USBM I.C. 8236, P. 105-106 (HARRER, 1964 REFERENCE)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1930'S
Deposit VEIN AVERAGES 2 TO 3 FEET IN WIDTH. 12 LODE CLAIMS COVER DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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