Golden Fleece Mine

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048119
MRDS ID M800143
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Fleece Mine
Related records 10161131

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.28733, 31.37597 (WGS84)
Elevation 2454
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 3.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRANITE PEAK, Estimated To Position On Miller Peak Trail In Section 2 Nw

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miller Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Miller Peak Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 024S 020E 2 NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.28733, 31.37597

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fault Contact Between Morita Formation And Jurassic Volcanic Rocks (Usgs Map I-509 Many Nw Trending Faults Such As The One Near The Mine Are Present In The Huachucas

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Possibly Associated With Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST ROCK TYPE UNKNOWN, AS EXACT LOCATION IS UNKNOWN. NO REFERENCE SPECIFIC TO THIS MINE FOUND, EXCEPTING A NEWSPAPER CLIPPING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1923
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Hartford District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 169.16M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 55 FOOT SHAFT BUILT FIRST. THEN 500 FT TUNNEL TO INTERSECT VEIN BELOW SHAFT

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED W.E. GARDNER, R.C. HYDE, M.H. SYLVESTER, I.D. BRYSON, W.H. HARRISON, GOLD AND METAL CO OF ARIZONA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAYES, P.T. AND RAUP, R.B., 1968. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HUACHUCA AND MUSTANG MOUNTAINS USGS MISCELANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS, I-509.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT 187, P. 64.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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