American Flag Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead
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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046290
MRDS ID M241187
Record type Site
Current site name American Flag Mine
Alternate or previous names Lovejoy, Bearcat
Related records 10234731

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.73401, 32.57511 (WGS84)
Elevation 1430
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 3/4 OF A MILE SW OF AMERICAN HILL, Utm Used For Two Adits In South Half Section 8.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Campo Bonito(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010S 016E 8 NE OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • USBM GIVES SAME UTM EASTING BUT GIVES UTM NORTHING AS 3604722. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Middle Proterozoic granitic rocks

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description 1 To 1 1/2 Miles N Of Wnw Trending Mogul Fault, Prec Diabase And Aplite In Nw Trending Dikes
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Fault Mapped Through Mine Area

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION RELATED TO LCRET-TERT GRANODIORITE INTRUSION PERIOD. YOUNGER PORPHYRIES ARE FOUND 2 TO 3 MILES NORTH OF MINE, AND 2 MILES SOUTH, SOUTH OF THE MOGUL FAULT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1901
Year of last production 1961

Mining district

District name Oracle District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Burnett, Ed
    First year 1958

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT 165 FT LONG, 100 FT OF DRIFTING AND STOPES AT 75 FT LEVEL

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED J.D. BURGESS AND HAZEL BURNETT. CLAIMS EXTEND NORTHWARD INTO SECTION 5. WORKINGS DESCRIBED ARE PROBABLY THOSE ON SILVER LODE CLAIM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA CLUSTER #481

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 1218, 1967

  • Deposit

    ADMR AMERICAN FLAG MINE FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE BEAR CAT GROUP, FOR CLAIMS WHICH PRODUCED MO, W AND V. THESE CLAIMS ARE THE SAME GROUP AS THE AMERICAN FLAG. HOWEVER THE CU-AG-PB PRODUCING MINE IS DIFFERENT FROM THE MO-W-V PRODUCER DESCRIBED SEPARATELY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-82 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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