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Gillespie Mine

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098701
MRDS ID M800043
Record type Site
Current site name Gillespie Mine
Related records 10186419

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.16406, 34.12423 (WGS84)
Elevation 750
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 3.9 MILES NORTH OF BLACK CANYON CITY, Two Adits Assumed To Be Old Gillespie Mine In Nw Part Of Section 16

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Canyon City(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009N 002E 16 NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • MILS LOCATION DATA UNVERIFIED BY OTHER SOURCES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Analytical data

Result EARLY PRODUCTION EQUALLED $80,000 OF GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Bland Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Bland Quartz Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.16406, 34.12423
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Prec Country Rocks Trends N-S

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS VEIN OF QUARTZ & PYRITE IN PROT BLAND QUARTZ DIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882

Mining district

District name Richinbar District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 140, P. 102

  • Deposit

    JEROME, SE, 1956, UNPUB PH.D., UNIV. OF UTAH, 150 P 65

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-81 Dewitt, Ed H. 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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