Wildflower Mine

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead
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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102573
MRDS ID M004297
Record type Site
Current site name Wildflower Mine
Alternate or previous names Sabronje Shoot, Sabronje Drift, Anaconda Tunnel
Related records 10161607

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.35574, 34.22922 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 2 MILES NW OF CROWN KING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crown King(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

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 010N 001W 10 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization

Analytical data

Result ( 1922 ) 6 OZ. AG/TON, 2 1/2 % CU, 12 % ZN, $ 1.20 AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Tower Mountain Metagabbro (Informal Name)
    Rock description Tower Mountain Metagabbro (Informal Name)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.35574, 34.22922

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation Trends N25e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Regional Foliation

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 146.3M
    Length 1341.12M
    Width 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1917
Year of first production 1917
Year of last production 1919

Mining district

District name Tiger District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Golden Crown Mining Co.
    First year 1957

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM ( 9 ) IS ESTIMATED FROM $15,000 PRODUCTION AT $20.67 PER OUNCE AU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1341.12M
    Overall depth 213.36M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782, P. 167.

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M.J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 101.

  • Deposit

    SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 140 , P. 101 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEIN WITH QUARTZ-SULFIDE FILLING FOUND IN MIXED QUARTZ-DIORITE, QUARTZ PORPHYRY, AND AMPHIBOLITE COUNTRY ROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-DEC-1993 Orris, Greta J. 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.