Arizona Mascott Mine

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048074
MRDS ID M800049
Record type Site
Current site name Arizona Mascott Mine
Alternate or previous names Mascot Mine
Related records 10259291

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.34602, 34.17478 (WGS84)
Elevation 1786
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 1.7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROWN KING, ARIZONA., Mils Location Data And Usgs Topo Map Data

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crown King(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 001W 27 SE OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SYNONYM OF MASCOT=ARIZONA MASCOTT NOT KNOWN FOR SURE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite;Rhyolite Dikes
    Rock description Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite;Rhyolite Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Calc-Silicate Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.34602, 34.17478

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N20e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Foliation In Precambrian Rocks

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS VEIN CUTTING PRECAMBRIAN QUARTZ-MICA AND CALC SILICATE SCHIST UNITS. RHYOLITE PORPHYRY DIKES ARE SOMETIMES ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEINS. BATHOLITH CONTACT IS 1 MILE TO THE EAST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1910
Year of last production 1949

Mining district

District name Tiger District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. E. Allen And Ma

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    MILS LOCATION DATA.

  • Deposit

    DEWITT, ED, 1976, UNPUB. M.S. THESIS. UNIV. OF ARIZ., 150 PGS.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.