Brooks Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048049
MRDS ID M800014
Record type Site
Current site name Brooks Mine
Alternate or previous names American Flag

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.20185, 34.25616 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2.3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLEATOR, ARIZONA, Estimated To Within 0.5 Miles

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cleator(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

Prescott 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 Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N 001E 12 SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • BROOKS CLAIMS ADJOIN SILVER CORD GROUP, BUT EXACT LOCATION UNDETERMINED. PRODUCTION MAY HAVE COME FROM SAME VEIN AS SILVER CORD MINE. BROOKS CLAIMS JOIN SILVER CORD CLAIM ON SOUTH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Andesite Dikes
    Rock description Andesite Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1740
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1740
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.20185, 34.25616

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N-S
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins In Area Are Mostly Dipping Less Than 40 Degrees

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip 20 TO 30 NW
    Thickness 0.46M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to bottom 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1877
Year of first production 1915
Year of last production 1922

Mining district

District name Black Canyon District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. P. Cleator, Star Route, Bumblebee, Arizona. Residence At Cleator, Arizona
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. P. Cleator, Star Route, Bumblebee, Arizona. Residence At Cleator, Arizona

Comments on development

  • MOST PRODUCTION IN 1915

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BROOKS VEIN IS SOUTHERN CONTINUATION OF SILVER CORD VEIN
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1870'S

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

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