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Catoctin Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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 10048230
MRDS ID M800327
Record type Site
Current site name Catoctin Mine
Related records 10113491

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.53158, 34.42588 (WGS84)
Elevation 1548
Relative position 7.4 MILES W NW OF MT. UNION LOOKOUT TOWER. 3.3 MILES DUE WEST OF MAVERICK MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wilhoit(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

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 12N 003W 36 SW OF SW OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON SSE-FLOWING TRIBUTARY TO HASSAYAMPA RIVER, 0.6 MILES UPSTREAM FROM CONFLUENCE OF TRIBUTARY WITH THE HASSAYAMPA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite, Clay

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Prot
    Rock description Prot
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.53158, 34.42588
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Proterozoic Rocks Trends N20e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralization In Breccia Pipes And Dike-Related Veins

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing, Igneous Activity, Especially Dike Emplacement

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT APPEARS TO BE VEIN IN PROTEROZOIC CRYSTALLINE ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1927
Year of last production 1937

Mining district

District name Little Copper Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Catoctin Mining Co.; C. W. Walker
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gold Bend Partners
    First year 1952

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1,000 FT OF DEVELOPMENT

Comments on development

  • MEMBER OF THE WHITE FEATHER CLAIMS (UNPATENTED)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPING FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NEARBY (EAST) PATENTED CLAIMS TREND NE; VEINS OF CATOCTIN POSSIBLY TREND N TO NE NO GOOD MINE DESCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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