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N. C. 4 Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  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 10109048
MRDS ID M003366
Record type Site
Current site name N. C. 4 Mine
Alternate or previous names N.C.4 Lode, Zero Group, Arizona Central Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.50047, 34.43505 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 5 MILES SW OF GROOM CREEK

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)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(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 012N 002W 29 SW OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION MEASURED TO AREA OF ZERO CLAIM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.50047, 34.43505
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N10w To N-S
Type of structure Local
Structure description Dikes And Veins Parallel Foliation

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip STEEP TO VERT
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 914.4M
    Depth to bottom 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC AND METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS. RHYOLITE PORPHYRY DIKES OF PROBABLE LCRET-TERT AGE ASSOCIATED WITH VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1894

Mining district

District name Hassayampa District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arizona Central Mines Co. Inc.
    First year 1926

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS INCLUDE THE ZERO GROUP (ZERO, ZERO NORTH, BLUEJAY, QUARTZ REEF, MAMMOTH); MINE WAS ADJACENT TO THE RUBY SILVER MINE AND THE CLAIMS FOR THE BUBY SILVER MAY HAVE OVERLAPPED THE ZERO CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, 1926, UAGA BULL 782, P. 117

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M.J. AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936 , ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140 , P. 140

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Production

    ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140 , P. 101

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS INCLUDE ZERO ON WEST, WHALE ON EAST; VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH "BIRDS EYE" PORPHYRY DIKES AND EARLIER ANDESITE DIKES. MINERALIZED ZONE BETWEEN DIKES FILLED WITH QUARTZ VEINS

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

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