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Humbug Mines

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026934
MRDS ID M001138
Record type Site
Current site name Humbug Mines
Related records 10210688

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.30685, 34.04673 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position AT COLUMBIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008N 001E;001W 06,07,18,01,12,13 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS A GROUP LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.30685, 34.04673
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip NW
    Length 2743.2M
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name Humbug District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS INTERMITTANT; 1880'S, 1900 TO 1905 , 1913 - 1914 , 1932 TO 1936 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782, P. 178

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1934 , ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137 , P. 60

  • Production

    U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 782 , P. 179 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINES AND CLAIMS LISTED IN REFERENCES, WITH LITTLE OR NO INFORMATION: ACQUISITION, MOUNTAIN CHIEF, OCCIDENT, FOGARTY, QUEEN, LITTLE ANNIE, HEINIE, LIND, AND COLUMBIA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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