Federal Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048237
MRDS ID M800341
Record type Site
Current site name Federal Mine
Related records 10137961

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.05435, 34.61449 (WGS84)
Elevation 1716
Relative position 1.8 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF CHERRY, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(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 014N 003E 08 NW OF NE OF NE OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 0.9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEGHORN MINE. UTM COORDINATES TO SOUTHEASTERN MOST SHAFT. OTHER SHAFT AND NUMEROUS ADIT SYMBOLS EXTEND 0.3 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAIN SHAFT. UTM APPROXIMATE ONLY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Cherry Quartz Diorite (Informal)
    Rock description Cherry Quartz Diorite (Informal)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.05435, 34.61449

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description None-Quartz Diorite Massive And Unfoliated

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N45E
    Dip 50NW
    Depth to bottom 79.25M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN IN QUARTZ DIORITE OF PROTEROZOIC AGE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1910
Year of last production 1910

Mining district

District name Cherry Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Federal Mining And Milling Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.088HA
    Length 384.05M
    Overall depth 79.25M
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT 260 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN AVERAGES 2 FT WIDE. USGS P.P. 308 SAYS VEIN DIPS NW; USGS BULL 782 SAYS VEIN DIPS SW. DISCREPANCY NOT RESOLVED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.