| Deposit ID | 10027874 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M004298 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Springfield Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Springfield Group, Springfield Shaft |
| Related records | 10138023 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.37241, 34.20783 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1969 |
| Relative position | 2 MILES W OF CROWN KING. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yavapai(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Crown King(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yavapai |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 010N | 001W | 16 | SW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||
| Rock unit name | Crown King Granodiorite (Informal Name); | ||
| Rock description | Crown King Granodiorite (Informal Name); | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| (1) | -112.37241, 34.20783 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Veins Trend N20e, Parallel To Foliation In Precambrian Rocks |
| General form | CHIMNEY |
|---|---|
| Length | 9.14M |
| Width | 9.14M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Tiger District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 60.96M |
| Overall depth | 53.34M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M004298 |
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 782, P. 165.
ELEVATORSKI, E.A., ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, MINERAL REPORT NO. 2, ARIZONA DMR.
VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND MOORE, R.T., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULLETIN 180, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 871, P. 354.
PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
CIMRI
USGS BULL 782, P. 165-6 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FLUORITE STRINGERS WITH COPPER OXIDES AND PYRITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1972 | Gere, W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1979 | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1981 | Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1991 | Carbonaro, Marguerite M. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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