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Tiger Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027878
MRDS ID M004314
Record type Site
Current site name Tiger Mine
Related records 10259286

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.35602, 34.18534 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 1 3/4 MILES SW 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 27 NW Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Crown King Granodiorite (Informal Name);Rhyolite Dikes
    Rock description Crown King Granodiorite (Informal Name);Rhyolite Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.35602, 34.18534
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Veins Trend N20e, Parallel To Foliation In Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Trend N20e

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 65 W
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • TIGER DEPOSIT IS VEIN RELATED MENERALIZATION THAT CUTS CRETACEOUS-PALEOCENE CROWN KING GRANODIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name Tiger District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM ( 9 ) IS ESTIMATED FROM $ 50,000 PRODUCTION AT $ 20.67 PER OUNCE AU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 228.6M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782, P. 172

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M.J. AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936 , ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140 , P. 102

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 140 , P. 102

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1974 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. 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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