Congres Mine, Patented 878

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10283404
MRDS ID M003323
MAS/MILS ID 0040250534
Record type Site
Current site name Congres Mine, Patented 878
Alternate or previous names Fraction, Patented 883, Niagra, Herskowitz Property, Niagara, Congress, Queen of the Hills, Golden Key
Related records 10027544

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.85045, 34.20085 (WGS84)
Elevation 1024
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

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 010 N 006 W 23 N2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Feldspar Secondary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Uranium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Liebigite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.85045, 34.20085

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1220M
    Length 550M
    Width 1M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 910904

Comments on the geologic information

  • STRIKE IS E-W AND DIP IS 20-30 DEGREES N.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Year of first production 1887

Mining district

District name Martinez District

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Echo Bay Mines, Ltd.
    Year 1988

Production statistics

  • Year 1910
    Period 1899-1910
    Description 1899-1910 692322 St Ore

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POSSIBLE RESOURCES AT THE CONGRESS MINE ARE UNKNOWN, BUT IN MID-1988, ECHO BAY MINES, LTD. WAS CONSIDERING STARTING AN EXPLORATION PROGRAM TO DETERMINE WHETHER MINABLE RESOURCES MIGHT STILL EXIST AT THE PROPERTY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAND ALSO SEC 13,14,15 AND 23

  • Deposit

    USGS CONGRESS QUAD

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING DIST SHEETS 309,310

  • Deposit

    ADMR CONGRESS MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    METZGER O H GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE WICKENBURG AREA

  • Deposit

    USBM 1C 6991 1938 P 45

  • Deposit

    WILSON E D ETAL AZ LODE GOLD MINES AZBM BUL 137 1934 P 69

  • Deposit

    ADMR NIAGARA MINE & MILL FILE

  • Deposit

    REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR OF ARIZONA 1899 P 54-56

  • Deposit

    ADMR GOLDEN KEY FILE

  • Deposit

    MILLS, B.A. (DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT, ECHO BAY

  • Deposit

    MINES, LTD.). PRIVATE COMMUNICATION, 1988; AVAILABLE UPON

  • Deposit

    REQUEST FROM M.B. SAWYER, BUMINES, DENVER, CO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ECHO BAY IS MINING A WESTWARD EXTENSION OF THE NIAGARA VEIN. EXPLORATION WAS DONE IN 1984-85, AND PRODUCTION BEGAN IN MARCH 1988. ECHO BAY REFERS TO THAT OPERATION AS NEW CONGRESS. SEE SEQUENCE NUMBER 0040250537.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-SEP-91 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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