Mint Shaft

Occurrence in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10113583
MAS/MILS ID 0040251425
Record type Site
Current site name Mint Shaft
Alternate or previous names Patented Claims 3770, Chelsea No.1,Patented, Chelsea No.2,Patented

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.61575, 34.45975 (WGS84)
Elevation 1518
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wilhoit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Maria(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 013 N 003 W 31 S2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.61575, 34.45975

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner D. A Byrne
    Year 1921

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS WILHOIT QUAD

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING DIST SHEET 244

  • Deposit

    LAUSEN CHARLES QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF ARIZ AZBM BULL 122

  • Deposit

    1927 P 43

  • Deposit

    BLM PLAT 3770

  • Deposit

    YAVAPAI MAGAZINE APRIL 1918 P 4-8 SCHARLOT HALL MUSEUM

  • Deposit

    PRESCOTT AZ

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-DEC-1996 Admr U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.