Bill Arp Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109806
MRDS ID M800013
Record type Site
Current site name Bill Arp Mine
Related records 10231747

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.2213, 34.22562 (WGS84)
Elevation 939
Relative position 3.7 MILES SOUTH OF CLEATOR, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bumble Bee(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)

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 010N 001E 22 SW OF SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.2213, 34.22562

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N 10 W

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 50
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 117.35M
    Width 65.53M
    Depth to bottom 65.53M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS VEIN IN PRECAMBRIAN QUARTZ-MICA SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Year of first production 1919
Year of last production 1920

Mining district

District name Black Canyon District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bill Arp Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Raymond, B.
    First year 1920

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.044HA
    Overall depth 65.53M
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 3.05M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    JEROME, S.E., 1955, GEOLOGY OF BLACK CANYON AREA, PH.D. UTAH UNIV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN CUTS ACROSS SCHISTOSITY; 3 VEINS ON PROPERTY
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

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.