Spring Creek Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046309
MRDS ID M241213
Record type Site
Current site name Spring Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Mankins Prospect, Yankee Dollar
Related records 10185885

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.07653, 34.07729 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 1 1/4 MILES SW OF MAIL BOX MESA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buzzard Roost Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Payson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Holbrook(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tonto(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto 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 Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009N 012E 36 NE OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 9 MILES SOUTH OF YOUNG, LOCATED IN BRADY CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Ore
Copper Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist
    Rock description Pinal Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.07653, 34.07729

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Schistosity Of Pinal Schist Generally Trends N40-60e. Schist Is Overlain By Scanlon Conglomerate About 100 Ft Thick. Unconformably Above Is A Tert Basalt Flow. S Of The Deposit Is A Mass Of Prec Quartz Porphyry. Prec Apache Group Is Exposed In The Region, But Is Missing Near The Mine
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Are Structurally Undisturbed Locally, Although There May Be A Fault Along Spring Creek

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, STRINGERS, MAINLY LENTICULAR
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 80 S TO VERTICAL
    Length 365.76M
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1926
Year of last production 1931

Mining district

District name Spring Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Silver Bullet Co.
    Home office P.O. Box 321 Young Arizona
    First year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lee Folks, P. O. Box 197, Young, Az, And Evart Bunger, Globe, Az
    First year 1981

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED JOHN CAROLAN, M. MCAULIFFE, AND SPRING CREEK LEASING A MR MANKINS OPERATED MINE FOR GOLD PREVIOUS TO 1926, 1981 PLANS WERE TO CLEAN UP OLD WORKINGS AND PRODUCE ORE FROM A SMALL BLOCK. 12 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ADMR SPRING CREEK MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN RANGE IN SIZE FROM STRINGERS TO THREE FEET LOCALLY, BUT AVERAGE A FEW INCHES. MAIN VEIN N 63 E, 83 SOUTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 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.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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