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Mccabe

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10283229
MRDS ID M002412
MAS/MILS ID 0040250772
Record type Site
Current site name Mccabe
Alternate or previous names Gladstone, Sink To Rise Claim, Gladstone-Mccabe, Patented Claims M S 1158,1159, 1160, Mccabe-Gladstone, Gladstone Claim, Gladstone Westerly Extension Claim, Monopolist Claim
Related records 10109018

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.29184, 34.47675 (WGS84)
Elevation 1545
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poland Junction(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
Salt Lake 013 N 001 E 30 NESE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.29184, 34.47675
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55E
    Dip 78S
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 920M
    Width 110M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 320M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N55E:78S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Future Surface Area (HA) 2
    Previous Surface Area (HA) 18
    Date of Last Modification 920113

Comments on the geologic information

  • LENGTH IS AT LEAST 914 M (3000 FT), AND THICKNESS IS AT LEAST 244 M (800 FT). THE MCCABE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED IN A PRECAMBRIAN VOLCANIC SEQUENCE CONSISTING LARGELY OF ANDESITE, ANDESITIC TUFFS, AND THE SPUD MOUNTAIN BRECCIA. THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF 3 VEIN SYSTEMS OF WHICH THE 2 MAJOR VEINS STRIKE IN A N55-65(DEGREES)E & N35-40(DEGREES)E DIRECTION AND DIP 75-80 DEGREES SE. THE AVERAGE VEIN THICKNESS IS 1.22 M WITH A MINIMUM THICKNESS OF 1 METER. THE GOLD AND SILVER OCCUR IN THE COPPER & IRON SULFIDES AND IN THE QUARTZ-SERICITE BRECCIA. "ANDESITE" IS ACTUALLY A META-ANDESITE BRECCIA, AND IS THE HOST ROCK FOR THE VEIN, WHICH IS BANDED QUARTZ. THE TUFF IS ALSO A HOST ROCK FOR THE VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1866
Mining method Shrinkage Methods - Overhand Shrinkage
Year of first production 1991
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Big Bug District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Magma Gold Ltd.
    ID 0202063
    Interest 100
    Home office 7400 N. Oracle Rd., Tucson, Az 85704
    Year 1992

Comments on the ownership information

  • "ANDESITE" IS ACTUALLY A META-ANDESITE BRECCIA, AND IS THE HOST ROCK FOR THE VEIN, WHICH IS BANDED QUARTZ. THE TUFF IS ALSO A HOST ROCK FOR THE VEIN. MAGMA GOLD LTD. IS A 100% WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF MAGMA COPPER COMPANY.

Production statistics

  • Year 1988
    Period -1988
    Description Total Past Prod. Prior To 1988 800000 Tr Oz Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Silver Silver 24882784.8g
  • Year 1988
    Period -1988
    Description Total Past Prod. Prior To 1988 80000 Tr Oz Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2488278.48g

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE MINE EMPLOYS A SHRINKAGE STOPE METHOD. THE MINE IS ACCESSED BY THE MAIN 6.7-M-DIAM. SHAFT (CALLED THE SOONER SHAFT). THE 503-M DEEP PRODUCTION-SERVICE SHAFT SERVICES 4 MAIN WORKING LEVELS: 833-FT, 1,050-FT, 1,250-FT, AND 1,450-FT LEVELS. THE 833-LEVEL IS BEING FULLY DEVELOPED BY CONTRACTOR. THE 3 UPPER LEVELS MUCK THE ORE USING EIMCO MODELS 12B & 22 LOADERS, AND THE LOWEST LEVEL (1,450-FT) USES A RUBBER-TIRE LHD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    PAYDIRT MAGAZINE (SW EDITION). JANUARY 1989, P. 4A.

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING DISTRICT SHEET 19

  • Deposit

    YAVAPAI MAGAZINE MAR 1918 P4-6 SHARLOT HALL MUSEUM PRESCOTT

  • Deposit

    AZ

  • Deposit

    ADMR GLADSTONE-MCCABE FILE

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON C A AND S C CREASY GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    JEROME AREA USGS PP 308 1958 P 171

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN W ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROME AND BRADSHAW MTS QUADS

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782 P 130-132 1926

  • Deposit

    EPLER, BILL. CENTURY-OLD GOLD PRODUCER GETS NEW LEASE ON

  • Deposit

    LIFE. PAYDIRT MAGAZINE (SW EDITION), SEP 1991, PP. 4-10A.

  • Deposit

    -----. MAGMA COPPER'S NEW GOLD UNIT TAKING ON THE MCCABE

  • Deposit

    MINE. PAYDIRT MAGAZINE (SW EDITION), NOV 1990, P. 3A.

  • Deposit

    JARMAN, MAX. STAN WEST MAKING DESPERATE BID TO RESURRECT

  • Deposit

    THE MCCABE. PAYDIRT MAGAZINE (SW ED), AUG 1989, P. 4A.

  • Deposit

    MAGMA COPPER 1990 ANNUAL REPORT. PP. 12, 20.

  • Deposit

    WALENGA, KAREN. GOLD AND SILVER ARE THERE - BUT ARE TOUGH

  • Deposit

    TO GET. PAYDIRT MAGAZINE (SW ED), JAN 1989, PP. 4-6A.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-AUG-1993 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 07/06/1993
MSHA mine ID0202063
Mine name (MSHA)Magma Gold Ltd Mc Cabe Division
Current operatorMagma Gold Ltd
Current controller (parent)Magma Copper Company
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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