Cutter Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, 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. 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 10048050
MRDS ID M800015
Record type Site
Current site name Cutter Mine
Alternate or previous names Cutter Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.21213, 34.25005 (WGS84)
Elevation 905
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2.3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLEATOR, ARIZONA, Estimated To Within 0.25 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 13 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • CUTTER CLAIM IS SOUTHERNMOST CLAIM IN SILVER CORD GROUP AND IS PROBABLY LOCATED 0.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SILVER CORD MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
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) Neoproterozoic
    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) -112.21213, 34.25005

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N-S, Dips Vertically
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Do Not Parallel Foliation

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 0 E
    Dip 10 TO 15 SE; VERY NEARLY FLAT
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 365.76M
  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 0 E
    Dip 10 TO 15 SE; VERY NEARLY FLAT

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILVER CORD IS VEIN DEPOSIT NOT SPECIFICALLY SPATIALLY RELATED TO MIOCENE DIKE, BUT BELIEVED TO BE SAME GENERAL AGE AS DIKES. CUTTER IS SOUTHERN CLAIM IN SILVER CORD GROUP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1872
Year of first production 1919
Year of last production 1930

Mining district

District name Black Canyon District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. P. Cleator
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. P. Cleator. Cleator, Arizona

Comments on development

  • MOST PRODUCTION IN 1919-1930

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT OF MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM I.C. 6905, P. 29-31

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782, P. 158

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1870'S
Deposit GEOLOGY IDENTICAL TO SILVER CORD MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

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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