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Swallow Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048155
MRDS ID M800203
Record type Site
Current site name Swallow Mine
Alternate or previous names Dobler, Moonlight
Related records 10162216

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.50907, 34.05728 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position 3.2 MILES NW OF BLACK BUTTE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morgan Butte(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008N 002W 6;7;8 S2 (06); NE OF NW (07) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • THE SWALLOW MINE IS SPREAD OUT AND HAS AT LEAST 7 DIFFERENT SHAFTS IN THE AREA, AND MANY ADITS AND TUNNELS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Copper Ore
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor Fe-Staining

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Amphibole Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.50907, 34.05728
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Low-Angle (Less Than 50 Degree Dip) Faults Which Trend Nw
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Schist Trends N 20 E To N 50 E. Tertiary Volcanics Dip Ne, Strike Nw

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW TO SE N TO S
    Dip 70 NW 60 E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN LOCALIZED ALONG LOW-ANGLE FAULT WHICH PROBABLY DISPLACES TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS TO THE SOUTHEAST. DEPOSIT AGE PROBABLY MIOCENE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Discoverer Dobler (Swallow Mine Shaft)
Year of first production 1910
Year of last production 1966

Mining district

District name Castle Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Paydirt Mining Co.
    First year 1940
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. R. Dobler , Paydirt Mining Co. , J Brown
    First year 1910

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 198.12M
    Overall depth 129.54M

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY SHALLOW SURFACE CUTS, SHAFTS, AND SHORT TUNNELS. THE MAIN SHAFTS ARE MOONLIGHT NO. 1 AND NO. 2, SWALLOW, WHIM, AND GOLDEN WONDER 80 FT LEVEL-350 FT OF DRIFT. 200 FT LEVEL-300 FT OF DRIFT

Comments on development

  • 15 CLAIMS THAT HAVE MANY SURFACE CUTS, SHAFTS AND SHORT TUNNELS. MOST INFORMATION GIVEN HERE IS FROM THE SWALLOW SHAFT IN THE CENTER OF THE OLD IRON SIDES CLAIM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT. MIN. RES. FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 782, P. 184-185.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

  • Deposit

    VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND MOORE, R.T., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 354.

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, MINERAL REPORT NO. 2, ARIZONA DMR.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO MAIN VEINS GOING NW TO SE, SEVERAL OTHER VEINS GOING N TO S. BOTH MAY BE THE SAME AGE, M40, 50, AND 60 TAKEN FROM INFORMATION ABOUT THE SWALLOW SHAFT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-SEP-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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