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Congress Mine

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Uranium
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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. 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. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027544
MRDS ID M003323
Record type Site
Current site name Congress Mine
Alternate or previous names Queen of the Hills
Related records 10283404

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.85047, 34.20088 (WGS84)
Elevation 1024
Relative position 3 MILES N OF CONGRESS.

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 010N 006W 23,14 Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Liebigite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Goethite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Analytical data

Result EARLY PRODUCTION CONTAINED 7 OUNCES PER TON AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.85047, 34.20088
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Granite Is Massive And Unfoliated
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Andesite Dikes Which Trend E-W To Ne And Dip At Low Angles, Less Than 40 Deg

Ore body information

  • General form FLAT LENSES, PINCH/SWELL
    Strike N75W
    Dip 20-30 N
    Plunge direction NW
    Thickness 1219.2M
    Length 548.64M
    Width 0.91M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing, Igneous Activity

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAFIC DIKES DIP SHALLOWLY TO THE NORTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1883
Discoverer Dennis May
Year of first production 1887
Year of last production 1950
Production years 1899-1910, OTHER

Mining district

District name Martinez District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Echo Bay Exploration Inc.
    Home office Golden, Co.
    First year 1988

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES INCLUDE DATA FROM THE NIAGRA VEIN.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Name NIAGRA VEIN
    Estimate year 1986
    Total resources 158000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 8.47 g/mt Gold Major 1986

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES ARE DRILL IDENTIFIED ON NIAGRA VEIN FROM ECHO BAY DRIVING RAMP DECLINE 11/86.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 6.1M
    Overall depth 1219.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS: NO. 1 (1100 FT DEEP), NO. 2 (1700 FT DEEP), NO. 3 (4000 FT DEEP). DRIVING RAMP DECLINE TO 2200 LEVEL IN 1986.

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE EXPLORATION (SURFACE DRILLING) BY ECHO BAY DURING 1984-1986. GLENDEL MINING CO. WAS OPERATOR IN 1960. PROPERTY WAS OWNED BY E.A. COLBURN OF WICKENBURG, AZ IN 1960.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 69.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    METZGER, 1938, USBM IC 6991, P. 45.

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Deposit

    SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 70.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NIEMUTH, 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO NIAGRA MINE, RECORD NO. M800366.
Deposit DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE. VEIN USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH ANDESITE AND MAFIC DIKES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-NOV-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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