Boaz Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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 10109872
MRDS ID M800393
Record type Site
Current site name Boaz Mine
Alternate or previous names Southern Bell, Southern Belle Vein, Jones Property
Related records 10137419

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.41685, 34.15367 (WGS84)
Elevation 1597
Relative position 3.5 MILES SE OF THOMPSON BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minnehaha(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009N 002W 01 NE OF SW OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 1.0 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUTTON MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Brady Butte Granodiorite
    Rock description Brady Butte Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.41685, 34.15367

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Grandiorite Trends N10e To N25e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Crosscut Or Parallel Foliation

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N90E
    Dip 45N (APPROX)
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 121.92M
    Depth to top 198.12M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC GRANODIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Discoverer F.E. Harrington
Year of first production 1938
Year of last production 1945

Mining district

District name Minnehaha District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jones, A. M.
    First year 1938
    Last year 1941
  • Type Operator
    Owner Moores, C. F.
    First year 1945
  • Type Owner
    Owner Rankin, Mrs.
    First year 1946

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.105HA
    Length 762M
    Overall depth 198.12M
    Overall length 365.76M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on development

  • 6 PATENTED CLAIMS (1946)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. BULL 782, P. 177-178

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE IS ON THE SOUTHERN BELLE VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) 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.