Burlington-Iowa Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048041
MRDS ID M800002
Record type Site
Current site name Burlington-Iowa Mine
Alternate or previous names Burlington, Iowa Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.19796, 34.37588 (WGS84)
Elevation 1286
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 3.6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MAYER, ARIZONA, Mils Location Only

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mayer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 012N 002E 32 NE OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • IOWA GROUP APPEARS TO BE SOUTHERN PART OF WORKINGS; BURLINGTON APPEARS TO BE NORTHERN PART OF WORKINGS. UTM COORDINATES FOR IOWA GROUP SHAFT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Chloritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.19796, 34.37588

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bedding Trends N 20 W
Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation Trends N 10 W But Is Not Well Developed

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 20 W
    Dip STEEPLY WEST
    Thickness 7.62M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 68.58M
    Depth to bottom 68.58M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphy

Comments on the geologic information

  • MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN METARHYOLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1920
Year of last production 1943

Mining district

District name Agua Fria District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Roese, Airheart, And Wilson
    First year 1944

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 68.58M
    Overall length 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    MILS LOCATION DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1336, PLATE 2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-81 Dewitt, Ed H. 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.