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Weepah Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048136
MRDS ID M800171
Record type Site
Current site name Weepah Mine
Related records 10161908

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.20577, 34.36616 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position 5.15 MILES S-SW OF THORN PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ives Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Maria(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

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 009W 21 SE OF NW OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON NORTHWEST SIDE OF SANTA MARIA RIVER. ACROSS FROM BIG STICK MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Hillside Mica Schist (Muscovite Schist)
    Rock description Hillside Mica Schist (Muscovite Schist)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.20577, 34.36616
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Minor Foliation In Schist Trends Ne; Igneous Rocks Massive
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Often Are Low-Angle, Dipping Less Than 40 Degrees

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 60 SE
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 1219.2M
    Width 10M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS LOW-ANGLE QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC IGNEOUS ROCKS. TERTIARY IGNEOUS ROCKS MAY BE PRESENT LOCALLY ALONG QUARTZ VEINS OR MAY BE ABSENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Year of first production 1940
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Crosby District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Phelps, James G.
    First year 1941
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. Andrew West
    First year 1957

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.018HA
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 30.48M
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 SHAFT APPROX. 75 FT DEEP. 2 TUNNELS, ONE SHAFT APPROX 100 FT DEEP

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM I.C. 6991, P. 74-75

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S
Deposit VEINS PARALLEL RHYOLITE DIKES AND ARE OLDER (?) THAN E-W TRENDING DIORITE DIKES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

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