New Strike Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048143
MRDS ID M800186
Record type Site
Current site name New Strike Mine
Alternate or previous names Berberich
Related records 10210890

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.39157, 34.50672 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 3.5 MILES NE OF GROOM CREEK, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Prescott(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(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 013N 001W 17 SW Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Government Canyon Granodiorite
    Rock description Government Canyon Granodiorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.39157, 34.50672

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Country Rocks Trends N10e To N45e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Sometimes Parallel To Regional Foliation

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N12W
    Dip 80W
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS VEIN IN PRECAMBRIAN GOVERNMENT CANYON GRANODIORITE. CRET-TERT RHYOLITE DIKES MAY APPEAR LOCALLY NEAR THE DEPOSIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1936
Year of last production 1967

Mining district

District name Walker District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Melluzo Stone Co.
    First year 1962

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.021HA
    Length 121.92M
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on development

  • SIX PATENTED CLAIMS = NEW STRIKE NO.S 1-6

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. GQ MAP 997

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. PP 467 P. 111

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) 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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