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Parker Prospect

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, 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. 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. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027243
MRDS ID M002594
Record type Site
Current site name Parker Prospect
Alternate or previous names Parker Claim
Related records 10162207

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.20213, 34.33144 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position 2.6 MILES NW 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

Cleator(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 011N 001E 36 NE OF NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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) -112.20213, 34.33144
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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
    Thickness 0.08M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 0.08M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1907
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Black Canyon District

Production statistics

  • Year 1936
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1 Oz. Au/Ton, 5 Oz. Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 113g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 28g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 36.58M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 20

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. 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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