| Deposit ID | 10046291 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M241188 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bulldog Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Bulldog and Enterprise Mine |
| Related records | 10259151 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.51099, 33.46202 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 625 |
| Relative position | 1/4 MILE SE OF BLUE RIDGE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pinal(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Apache Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pinal |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 001N | 008E | 2 | SW4 OF NW4 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -111.51099, 33.46202 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Andesite And Basalt Complex, Layers Generally Wnw Strike, 30 Ne Dip |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Nw Trending Faults, N-S Dikes. Volcanic Complex Exposed 100 M Nw Of Mine On Blue Ridge |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1892 |
| Discoverer | O.E. Merrill |
| Year of first production | 1914 |
| Year of last production | 1942 |
| District name | Goldfield District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 609.6M |
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M241188 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040210204 |
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
ADMR BULLDOG MINE FILE
SHERIDAN, M.F.,1968. VOLCANIC GEOLOGY ALONG THE WESTERN PART OF THE APACHE TRAIL. IN ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY S. ARIZONA GUIDE BOOK III, P. 227-229.
FODOR, 1969, PETROLOGY AND PETROGRAPHY OF THE VOLCANIC ROCKS IN THE GOLDFIELD MOUNTAINS, AZ, MS THESIS, AZ STATE UNIV
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE ZONE AVERAGE WIDTH 10 FT. ENTERPRISE VEIN, 5 TO 6 FT IN WIDTH, RUNS PARALLEL TO BULLDOG VEIN |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1982 | Gest, Don E. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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