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Vulture Mine

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper, Vanadium, Zinc, Lithium
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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. 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. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027543
MRDS ID M003317
Record type Site
Current site name Vulture Mine
Alternate or previous names Texona, East Vulture, Vulture West Extension, Vindicator Group, Talmage, Jane Elmore, Sheridan, Elmore, Van Buren, Astor, Conkling, Hamilton, Custrer, Sherman, Pit Gold, Black Hawk, Texhoma, Cook, Peach, Finlayson, Taxona
Related records 10027074, 10210213

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.83575, 33.82145 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 10 MI SSW OF WICKENBURG, 4.75 MI SSW OF VULTURE PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vulture Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(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 Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006N}006N 006W}005W 36,30,31}25,26,35 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lithium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Electrum Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Spodumene Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result CONCENTRATES ASSAYED 12-15% PB, 8-12% ZN, 1-2% CU. AU HAD A FINENESS OF 760-780.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.83575, 33.82145
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone Parallels Lamination In Schist; 2 Large Faults: Talmadge (Dips 80ne) And Astor (Parallels Talmadge)

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike WNW
    Dip 45N
    Length 304.8M
    Width 25.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ew Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1863
Discoverer Henry Wickenburg
Year of first production 1863
Year of last production 1966

Mining district

District name Vulture District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Budge, A. F. Mining Ltd.
    Home office Scottsdale, Az.
    First year 1984
  • Type Owner
    Owner Vulture Mine Properties
    First year 1988

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1986
    Total resources 340000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 14.315 g/mt Gold Major 1986
  • Type Tailings
    Estimate year 1986
    Total resources 113000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 11.35 g/mt Gold Major 1986

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 7620M
    Overall depth 475.49M
    Overall length 914.4M
    Overall width 182.88M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON AND OTHERS, 1934, ABM BULLETIN 137, P. 157-162.

  • Deposit

    HUTCHINSON, 1921, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. III, NO. 7, P. 298-302.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL AND MINING JOURNAL, VARIOUS ISSUES, 1920'S & 1930

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST, V. 12, 1980, P. 93 & MAP.

  • Deposit

    SPENCER, J.E., REYNOLDS, S.J., GRUBENSKY, M.J., DUNCAN, J.T., AND WHITE, D.C., 1989, GEOLOGY OF THE VULTURE GOLD MINE: ARIZONA GEOLOGY, V. 19, NO. 4, P. 1-4.

  • Deposit

    WHITE, D.C., 1989, GEOLOGY OF THE VULTURE MINE: MINING ENGINEERING, NOVEMBER, 1989, P. 1119-1122.

  • Deposit

    USGS, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, AND U.S.S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, 1969, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, 638 P.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C.P., 1923, USGS WATER SUPPLY PAPER 498.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, WAYNE, 1985, THE VULTURE: CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL, V. 55, NO. 2, P. 8-11.

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Deposit

    SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ABM FILE DATA; WHITE, 1988, P. 1120; SPENCER AND OTHERS, 1989; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NIEMUTH, 1987.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1989 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusIntermittent since 07/23/2025
MSHA mine ID0203344
Mine name (MSHA)Vulture Mine
Current operatorVulture Peak Holding LLC
Current controller (parent)Jon Shipley
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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