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Big Chief Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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 10048269
MRDS ID M800391
Record type Site
Current site name Big Chief Mine
Alternate or previous names Big Chief Group, Railroad Patented Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.49547, 34.41588 (WGS84)
Elevation 1902
Relative position 5.2 MILES WEST OF MT. UNION LOOKOUT TOWER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Groom Creek(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 012N 002W 05 SW OF NE OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM MEASURED TO SHAFT; THERE IS AN ADIT TO THE SE OF THE SHAFT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.49547, 34.41588
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N-S To N10w
Type of structure Local
Structure description Dikes And Veins Parallel Foliation

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NNW
    Dip STEEP

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC AND METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS. RHYOLITE PORPHYRY DIKES OF PROBABLE LCRET-TERT AGE ASSOCIATED WITH VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1921
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Hassayampa District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. Lambuth, G. Kohlburner, Big Chief Gold Mining Co.
    First year 1941

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 274.32M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 35 FT DEEP

Comments on development

  • ONE PATENTED CLAIM = RAILROAD. PRODUCTION BEGAN BEFORE 1921, WHEN A SHAFT AND SMALL TUNNEL WERE PRESENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    YAVAPAI MAGAZINE, 1921, V. IX, NO. 6, P. 10-11

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS PARALLEL TO INDEPENDENCE VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Laraba, Peter (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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Authoritative Arizona resources

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