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Rackensack Mine

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Beryllium, Molybdenum
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10046343
MRDS ID M241361
Record type Site
Current site name Rackensack Mine
Related records 10173544, 10234923

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.851, 33.9009 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.6 MILES NORTH EAST OF BUTTE PEAK, 0.8 MILES NE OF GOLD HILL., Location Taken As Being A Group Of Workings Near Rackensack Spring

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Humboldt Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Theodore Roosevelt Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(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 Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007N 005E 33 SE OF SE OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR RACKENSACK GULCH. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.851, 33.9009
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Fractures And Dikes, Probably Tert In Age
Type of structure Local
Structure description Granitic Intrusion At Gold Hill, Related Ne Fracturing

Ore body information

  • Length 91.44M
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Admr Report States Ore 15 In Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • AGES IN AREA UNKNOWN, BUT FRACTURING IS APPARENTLY TERT, THIS PROBABLY MINERALIZATION IS ALSO TERTIARY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1915
Year of last production 1951

Mining district

District name Cave Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Edeline, George
    First year 1973

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE THE VERKROOST AND KILE TUNNELS, AS WELL AS A WINZE AND SOME DRIFTING.

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDE DAVID KYLE, C.C. HEWINS, J.K. VERKROOST, ALBERT, EDWARDS MINING CO., LEO L. FARRINGTON, BROWN; MAY HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE DALLAS-FORTWORTH; PROPERTY INCLUDED 3 CLAIMS AND A MILL SITE ALONG WITH 3 MORE ADJOINING CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ARIZ BUREAU MINES BULL 180, P. 106.

  • Deposit

    ARIZ BUREAU MINES BULL 137, P. 165.

  • Deposit

    DEWITT, ED, 1981, UNPUB MAPPING.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN MONZONITE DIKE CONTACTING PORPHYRY AND SCHIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-82 Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-MAY-95 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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