| Deposit ID | 10088892 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M800334 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Davis-Dunkirk Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Van Hook, Davis, Murphy, Dunkirk, Poverty, Davis-Dunkirk Mines No. 1, Claims Include Dunkirk, West Dunkirk, Kentucky, Judge, Margery, Keno,, Retort, Cresent, Indiana, Douglas, General Otis, Captain Lyman |
| Related records | 10161855 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.44881, 34.41644 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2195 |
| Relative position | 2.6 MILES W OF MT. UNION LOOKOUT TOWER. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yavapai |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 012N | 002W | 02,03,04 | NW OF NW OF NW (02); NE OF NE OF NE (03) | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Polybasite | Ore |
| Proustite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Ankerite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt | ||||||||||||
| Rock unit name | Government Canyon Granodiortie; | ||||||||||||
| Rock description | Government Canyon Granodiortie; | ||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -112.44881, 34.41644 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N25e |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Dikes And Veins Parallel Foliation |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N60E N45E |
| Dip | NEAR VERTICAL TO STEEPLY SE |
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Length | 1609.3M |
| Width | 487.68M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1869 |
| Year of first production | 1874 |
| Year of last production | 1961 |
| District name | Mt. Union District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Davis Mine-Clark , Caspari , Davis-Dunkirk Inc. ,Bradshaw Mines, In |
| First year | 1900 |
| Last year | 1907 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Van Hook Mining Co. , Casparic , Lookout Copper Co. , Castle Copper Co. |
| First year | 1918 |
| Last year | 1926 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 3962.4M |
| Overall depth | 487.68M |
| Overall length | 1219.2M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800334 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040250633 |
USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA.
AZ DEPT MIN RES FILE DATA.
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA.
USGS BULL 782, P. 119.
YAVAPAI MAGAZINE, 1918 V. VI, NO. 8, P. 6.
USGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-997.
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA BULLETIN 137.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TWO MAIN VEINS CALLED THE DAVIS AND THE DUNKIRK. AT MOUTH OF TUNNEL ON THE NEW ERA CLAIM (DAVIS MINE), ONLY ONE VEIN IS PRESENT. THIS VEIN PERSISTS FOR 1400 FT TO THE NE, WHERE IT SPLITS INTO THE NORTHWESTERN SEGMENT, THE DAVIS VEIN, AND THE SOUTHEASTERN SEGMENT, THE DUNKIRK VEIN. DEPOSIT IS VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC AND METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002838 OF J.W. HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | IN 1918 THE POVERTY, DAVIS, AND DUNKIRK ARE SEPERATE MINES THAT WERE LATER GROUPED TOGETHER. LISTED AS CLAIMS OF THE DAVIS-DUNKIRK AREA, DUNKIRK, WEST DUNKIRK, KENTUCKY JUDGE, MARGERY, KENO, RETORT, CRESENT, INDIANA, DOUGLAS, GENERAL OTIS AND CAPTAIN LYMAN. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1869 (POVERTY) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1981 | Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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