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Morgan 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. 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 10027888
MRDS ID M004352
Record type Site
Current site name Morgan Mine
Related records 10283859

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.34018, 34.33616 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES SE OF GOODWIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Battle Flat(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 011N 001W 02 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Texas Gulch Formation
    Rock description Texas Gulch Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.34018, 34.33616
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation And Possible Faults In Proterozoic Rocks Trend N10e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Felsite Porphyry, Which Parallels Foliation

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 E
    Dip 53 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Igneous Activity

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN LOCALIZED ALONG CONTACT OF TEXAS GULCH FORMATION WITH BRADY BUTTE GRANODIORITE. FELSITE PORPHYRY OUTCROPS 0.1 MILES TO THE WEST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Turkey Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • YEARS UNKNOWN. ITEM (9) IS ESTIMATED FROM $15,000 GOLD PRODUCTION AT $20.67 PER OUNCE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 38.1M
    Overall length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782, P. 152

  • 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-APR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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