Great Southern Mine

Occurrence in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Molybdenum, Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037124
MRDS ID M030502
Record type Site
Current site name Great Southern Mine
Alternate or previous names Great Eastern Claim, Rattler Group, Kilroy, Hogan
Related records 10234594

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.60019, 33.99895 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Picacho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008N 003W 32 NW4 NEAR CORNER (29) AND (32) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result $22.50/TON (1923)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.60019, 33.99895

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blue Tank District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 130 FT SHAFT ON GREAT EASTERN VEIN IN 1921, 65 FT SHAFT ON RATTLE R NO. 2 WITH 18 FT CROSSCUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    RED PICACHO TOPO SHEET.

  • Deposit

    SPECIMEN IN COLLECTION OF STANLEY B. KEITH 2/11/80.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PHILLIPS REPORTS THAT MINERALIZATION IS IN A BRECCIATED DIKE.
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030502 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.