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Dripping Springs Mines

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, 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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046332
MRDS ID M241245
Record type Site
Current site name Dripping Springs Mines
Alternate or previous names Columbia, Gold Queen, Roundtop, Gold Nugget
Related records 10161558

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.86291, 33.14342 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ONE HALF TO ONE MILE NE OF MANHATTAN PEAK (4417 FT), DRIPPING SPRINGS MTNS, Large Group Of Open Cuts And Adits, Central Point Used

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

El Capitan Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003S 014E;015E 25,R14E;30,R15E NE OF SE4 (25); NW OF NW4 (30) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • POINT USED FOR UTM IS LARGE GROUP OF ADITS IN NE QUARTER SECTION 25. ANOTHER ADIT AND SHAFT ARE LOCATED IN NW QUARTER SECTION 30 (COLUMBIA SHAFT & MINE). THE GOLD QUEEN SHAFT IS IN SW OF NE 1/4, SECTION 25, 1/8 MILE W OF UTM POINT. THE ROUND TOP AND GOLD NUGGET SHAFTS ARE IN THE SE OF SE 1/4 SECTION 25, AND SW OF SE 1/4 SECTION 25 RESPECTIVELY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Srong Oxidation, Workings Throughout Oxidation Zone Which Is Only Upper 500 Feet

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Martin Limestone;Abrigo Formation;Mescal Limestone
    Rock description Martin Limestone;Abrigo Formation;Mescal Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.86291, 33.14342
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description E-W Trending Faults Closely Spaced, And N-S Trending Faults. Major N-S Fault Separates Complexly Faulted Paleozoic Sediments To The West From Precambrain Diabase And Mescal Limestone To The East. Body Of Cret Rattler Granodiorite 1/2 Mile North Of Mine
Type of structure Local
Structure description E-W Trending Rhyolite Intrusions, E-W Faults, Martin And Abrigo Beds On West Side (See N5) Are Almost Flatlying, With Generally Northerly Strikes, Dips 5 To 15 E. Dikes Are 50 To 150 Ft Wide

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 70-80 S
    Length 396.24M
    Width 7.92M
    Depth to bottom 167.64M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Faults And Shear Zones Where They Cross Martin-Abrigo Contact, Also Along Diabase Mescal Limestone Contacts

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOME ORE FOUND IN UNOXIDIZED AND NOT LEACHED ROCK AT DEPTH, WHERE FRACTURES INTERSECT LIMESTONE-DIABASE CONTACTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901
Discoverer J.W. Read
Year of first production 1901
Year of last production 1953

Mining district

District name Dripping Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Amax Exploration, Inc.
    First year 1972

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DATA FOR MINE DESCRIBED HERE IS UNDER DRIPPING SPRINGS, COLUMBIA, AND ROUND TOP IN ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION DATA. SEE A83 FOR LOCATION OF COLUMBIA AND ROUND TOP SHAFTS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2133.6M
    Overall depth 167.64M

Comments on the workings information

  • VARIOUS TUNNELS AND SHAFTS. COLUMBIA IS 550 FT, WITH 1300 FT CROSS CUT. ROUND TOP HAS TWO TUNNELS, 330 FT AND 2100 FT, GOLD QUEEN SHAFTS ARE 375 FT LONG, 2. GOLD NUGGET SHAFT IS 60 FT DEEP SHALLOW WORKINGS GENERALLY, TOTAL WORKING LENGTH ESTIMATED

Comments on development

  • DRIPPING SPRINGS COPPER CO, 1915, G.H. GOWMAN OPERATOR-MANAGER. APPROXIMATELY 40 CLAIMS WHICH CHANGED HANDS OFTEN. ROUND TOP AND GOLD NUGGET OPERATORS INCLUDED R.J. FINLEY, CAL BYWATER AND FRED BRIGGER. GOLD QUEEN SHAFT OPERATORS INCLUDED STEVE COCREHAM. COLUMBIA SHAFT OPERATORS INCLUDED UNIVERSAL MINING AND SMELTING, W.A. THOMPSON, E. CASTILLO, AND F. HAYWARD. DRIPPING SPRINGS COPPER CO. OWNED ALL MINES THROUGH 1940

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION DATA

  • Deposit

    ADMR COLUMBIA AND TROY CLAIMS FILES

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ 1442, 1978

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 771, 1925

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NUMEROUS FAULTS AND SHEAR ZONES SPREAD THROUGHOUT AREA-MOST MINERALIZATION IS ALONG E-W TRENDS, WIDTH OF OREBODIES VARIES BETWEEN A FEW FEET AND 26 FT

Reporter information

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

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