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George Washington Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver
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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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048158
MRDS ID M800206
Record type Site
Current site name George Washington Mine
Alternate or previous names Washington, George
Related records 10259037

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.60492, 34.08506 (WGS84)
Elevation 902
Relative position 3.9 MILES NW OF MORGAN 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)

Hassayampa(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 009N 003W 31 NW OF NE OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM CENTER OF SHAFT SYMBOL, 2ND SHAFT DIRECTLY SOUTHWEST OF FIRST ONE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor To None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.60492, 34.08506
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins (And Genetically-Related (?)) Dikes Trend N 10 W To N 40 W And Crosscut Precambrian Fabric
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Schist And Gneiss Trends N 25 E To N 65 E

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing, Igneous Activity-Dikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS HIGH-ANGLE QUARTZ VEIN WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH RHYOLITE OR ANDESITE DIKES OF PROBABLE MID-TERTIARY AGE THAT CUT PRECAMBRIAN IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1941
Year of last production 1950

Mining district

District name Black Rock District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. B. Thayer, Steve Loncar
    First year 1940
  • Type Owner
    Owner Loncar, Steve
    First year 1940

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SHAFTS AND 4 TUNNELS. 200 FT DRIFT TUNNEL, 30 FT WINZE

Comments on development

  • 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COMPRISE GEORGE WASHINGTON. A PATENTED CLAIM GROUP (M.S.2000) LIES SOUTH OF THE MINE AND EXTENDS TO THE WEST. SOUTHWEST, BUT IS APPARENTLY NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE GEORGE WASHINGTON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILE DATA (CLIPPINGS FILES)

  • Deposit

    AZ. DEPT. MIN. RES. FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACCURATE ORIENTATION OF VEINS NOT REPORTED.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Roth, Frances A. (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.

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