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Big Pine Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027565
MRDS ID M003365
Record type Site
Current site name Big Pine Mine
Alternate or previous names St. Theresa ?
Related records 10234749

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.44491, 34.42561 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES S OF GROOM CREEK, Based On Location Of Known Claims

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Groom Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(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

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 012N 002W 35 W2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE NORTH SLOPE OF MT. TRITLE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Analytical data

Result $ 9 PER TON AG, AU ( 1926 ), 1:1 RATIO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Government Canyon Granodiorite
    Rock description Government Canyon Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1770
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1770
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.44491, 34.42561
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Granodiorite Rather Massive
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Trend N30w To N15e

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 W
    Dip 70 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC GRANODIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1910
Year of last production 1918

Mining district

District name Mount Union District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lawe, A. W.
    First year 1944

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE 7 TUNNELS (TUNNEL NO. 5 IS 1400 FT) AND TWO SHAFTS (ONE SHAFT IS 200 FT DEEP)

Comments on development

  • PATENTED CLAIMS - MAMMOTH, QUEEN, GRIZZLY, GOPHER, RUBY; UNPATENTED CLAIMS - GOLD STANDARD, GOLD EAGLE, PLURIBUS; OTHER CLAIMS AS WELL; MINE KNOWN AS THE ST. THERESA IS LOCATED ON CLAIMS OWNED BY LAWE WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN PART OF THE ORIGINAL BIG PINE GROUP BUT WHICH DID NOT APPARENTLY INCLUDE THE MAJOR BIG PINE WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 115

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-79 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-82 Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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