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Alvarado Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. 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 10109847
MRDS ID M800213
Record type Site
Current site name Alvarado Mine
Alternate or previous names Planet Saturn, Liberty Hills Gold
Related records 10234835

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.77797, 34.19588 (WGS84)
Elevation 1109
Relative position 2.4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YARNELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Congress(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)

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 005W 21 SW OF SW OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • TWO ADITS LOCATED SIDE BY SIDE ON HILL NEAR BENCH MARK

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor Sericite Along Vein Walls

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • 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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.77797, 34.19588
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks Trends N10e To N25e; Granitic Rocks Unfoliated
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Mafic Dikes Which Trend Northeast And Dip At Low Angles, Usually Less Than 40 Degree.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N30E
    Dip 25NW TO 35NW
    Plunge 20 TO 15NW
    Plunge direction N40W
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 1219.2M
    Width 396.24M
    Depth to bottom 396.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing, Igneous Activity

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN GRANITIC ROCKS. VEIN LOCALIZED ALONG SHALLOWLY-DIPPING ANDESITE AND DIORITE DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905
Discoverer Henry L. Scott
Year of first production 1935
Year of last production 1943

Mining district

District name Rich Hill District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Liberty Hills Gold Mines (1960'S)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bill Muntz
    First year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 0.079HA
    Length 2133.6M
    Overall depth 396.24M
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 INCLINED SHAFTS, 800 AND 1300 FT DEEP. LEVELS ARE SPACED 100 FT APART

Comments on development

  • GROUP CONSISTS OF PATENTED CLAIMS PLANET, SATURN, COMET, AND JUPITER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM I.C. 6991, P. 43-46

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 137, P. 68

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT. MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RHYOLITE AND DIORITE DIKES PARALLEL THE QUARTZ VEIN. DIORITE MINERALIZED AND CONSTITUTES ORE. VEIN CUT BY FAULT WHICH TRENDS N70W, DIPPING 80N

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

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