Gold Bullion Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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 10109849
MRDS ID M800222
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Bullion Mine
Alternate or previous names Copper Bullion Mine
Related records 10234571

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.05657, 34.59977 (WGS84)
Elevation 1597
Relative position 1.1 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHERRY, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(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 014N 003E 17 SE OF NE OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM COORDINATES TO SHAFT ON NORTH-NORTHEAST SIDE OF CHERRY CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Fault Gouge

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Quartz Diorite Unfoliated
Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Parallels Granite Porphyry Dike

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 15 E TO N 0 S
    Dip 45 W
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 243.84M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN IN PROTEROZOIC QUARTZ DIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1896
Year of first production 1932
Year of last production 1937

Mining district

District name Cherry Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gold Bullion Min. Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gold Bullion Min. Co.
    First year 1946

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.026HA
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 30.48M
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT 100 FT DEEP, VERTICAL SHAFT 30 FT DEEP. MAIN ADIT 150 FT LONG

Comments on development

  • 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS P.P. 308, P. 175

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT. MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS ON PROPERTY. BOTH FOLLOW GRANITE PORPHYRY DIKES. VEIN RANGES FROM 4 TO 12 FT WIDE. GRANITE PORPHYRY DIKE 170 FT THICK
Deposit COPPER BULLION MINE (USBM-004 025 0554) IS LISTED AS SYNONYM FOR GOLD BULLION MINE. BECAUSE COMMODITY INFORMATION WAS SO DIFFERENT WE HAVE LISTED THE MINES SEPARATELY. THEY WERE PROBABLY THE SAME MINE, HOWEVER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.