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Thunderbolt Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027171
MRDS ID M002365
Record type Site
Current site name Thunderbolt Mine
Related records 10186342

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.20657, 34.23534 (WGS84)
Elevation 876
Relative position 12 MILES S OF MAYER

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 24 N2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Proustite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ASSAY: 8 OZ. AG/TON, 1 % PB, 1.5 % ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.20657, 34.23534
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation And Transposed Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N-S
Type of structure Local
Structure description Low-Angle (Less Than 40 Deg) Veins Cut Across Foliation

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E
    Dip 44 N
    Length 1609.3M
    Width 99.06M
    Depth to bottom 99.06M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS LOW-ANGLE QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC ROCKS. VEIN MAY OR MAY NOT BE SPATIALLY ASSOCIATED WITH DIORITE-BASALT DIKES OF PROBABLE MIOCENE AGE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905
Year of first production 1911
Year of last production 1968

Mining district

District name Black Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Don Faubert
    First year 1968
  • Type Owner
    Owner Black Canyon Mining Association
    First year 1945

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 487.68M
    Overall depth 73.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN ADIT FOLLOWS VEIN FOR 1600 FEET

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782, P. 158

  • Deposit

    GUITERAS, J.R., 1936 , GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE BLACK CANYON AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6905 , P. 21

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ARIZNA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. I.C. 6905 , P. 22 ; U.S.G.S. BULL. 782 , P. 158

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1974 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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