Swindler Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048259
MRDS ID M800378
Record type Site
Current site name Swindler Mine
Alternate or previous names Victor, Victor-Swindler, Huron-Victor-Swindler Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.26296, 34.46199 (WGS84)
Elevation 1466
Relative position 0.8 MILES NORTHEAST OF POLAND JUNCTION, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poland Junction(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)

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 001E 33 SW OF NW OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 0.8 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE HURON MINE. VICTOR-SWINDLER PROSPECTS MARK ONE DEPOSIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Sericitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1740
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name As Line N30a
    Rock description As Line N30a
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1740
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.26296, 34.46199

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N15e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Massive Sulfide Lenses Aligned Parallel To Foliation

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N15E
    Dip 75NW
    Length 121.92M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphy

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN METARHYOLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1911
Year of last production 1911

Mining district

District name Big Bug District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Huron Gold Mining Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEBB, 1978, UNPUB. M.S. THESIS, UV. OF AZ.

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    SITE VISIT BY CIMRI STAFF

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1991 Cimri Staff U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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