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Gold Mountain Mine

Past Producer in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Iron
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027029
MRDS ID M001747
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Mountain Mine
Related records 10136689

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.35428, 32.6215 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 6 MILES EAST OF PINAL COUNTY LINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bassett Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Galiuro Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009S}009S 019E}020E 36,25}31 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOW GRADE DEPOSIT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.35428, 32.6215
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N W
    Dip 72 W
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Conforms To Rhyolite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rattlesnake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coronado National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 137, P. 194

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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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