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Lost Spaniard Mine

Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10027548
MRDS ID M003335
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Spaniard Mine
Related records 10113336

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.92658, 33.68784 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 10 MILES NW OF FLAT IRON MOUNTAIN SUMMIT., To Cener Of Sect. 13

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(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 004N 007W 13,23,24 SW OF SW (13); NW OF NE (23); NW OF NW (24) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NW EDGE OF BELMONT MOUNTAINS. INFO FROM LAND.ST :1978

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Cerussite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Laumontite Ore
Malachite Ore
Shattuckite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Hummingbird Rhyolite
    Rock description Hummingbird Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.92658, 33.68784
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Osborn District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 SHAFT 100 FT DEEP, DRIFTING AND DEVEOPING HAS BEEN DONE-ONE WINZE COMPLETED TO A DEPTH OF 100 FT BELOW HE 10 FT LEVEL, AND CROSS-CUTTING TO THE VEIN HAS BEEN DONE. THE CROSS-CUT EXTENDS 20 FT TO THE FOOTWALL, AND 40 FT TO THE HANGING WALL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    ADMR LOST SPANIARD MINE FILE.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER NO 564-LOST SPANIARD MINE.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE.

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, G.B., 1985, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS OF WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-17, 140 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS 60 FT DEEP AND 27 FT WIDE. ONE 3FT STREAK EXTENDS ALONG THE HANGING WALL. VEIN FAULT TRENDS N65E 30NW.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-90 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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