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Cougar Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027877
MRDS ID M004309
Record type Site
Current site name Cougar Mine
Related records 10162335

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.33574, 34.18423 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES S OF CROWN KING

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N 001W 26 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.33574, 34.18423
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation Trends N25e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Regional Foliation

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN QUARTZITE AND SCHIST. IGNEOUS ROCKS OF CRET-PALEO AGE ARE CLOSE TO DEPOSIT AND OCCUR TO SOUTH AT CROWN KING, ARIZONA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tiger District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1922
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^454 Oz. Ag/Ton 0.1 Oz. Ag/Ton, 15 % Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 15wt-pct
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 12820g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 22.86M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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