| Deposit ID | 10104145 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M800041 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Swastika Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Silver Prince, Black Warrior, Mora B, Kingdon |
| Related records | 10234485, 10113801 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.31185, 34.26227 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1582 |
| Relative position | 3.3 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF CROWN KING, ARIZONA. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yavapai(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Battle Flat(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yavapai |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 011N | 001W | 25 | SE OF SE | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Rhyolite Dikes | ||||
| Rock description | Rhyolite Dikes | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| (1) | Early Proterozoic granitic rocks |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Foliation In Proterozoic Rocks Trends N 25 E |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Veins Parallel Dikes And Foliation |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 25 E |
| Dip | 70 W AVERAGE |
| Thickness | 3.05M |
| Length | 914.4M |
| Width | 213.36M |
| Depth to bottom | 128.02M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1874 |
| Discoverer | Tn Alexander, W. Cole, E.G. Peck, Cc Bean |
| Year of first production | 1876 |
| Year of last production | 1976 |
| Production years | 1907-1940 |
| District name | Peck District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Swastika Development Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Hoffman, A. L. (Loft) |
| Home office | Rt 23, Camp Verde, Az 602-567-3538 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.066HA |
| Length | 2743.2M |
| Overall depth | 121.92M |
| Overall length | 457.2M |
| Overall width | 1.52M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800041 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040251828 |
AZ DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
ABGMT - USBM FILE DATA
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
U.S. GEOL SURVEY BULL. 782, P. 162.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MAIN PRODUCTION FROM BLACK WARRIOR (MORA B CLAIM) FROM 1878-1882 ORE GRADES HAVE AVERAGED 65 OUNCES PER TON SILVER LINDGREN'S (1926) DESCRIPTION OF SWASTIKA SOMEWHAT IN ERROR. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | SWASTIKA CONTAINS TWO VEINS, PRINCE (EAST) AND LITTLE PRINCE (WEST), SEPARATED BY 300 FT OF PRECAMBRIAN SCHIST AND CRET-PALEO RHYOLITE DIKES. PRINCE VEIN ONLY HAS BEEN EXPLOITED TO ANY EXTENT SWASTIKA CONTAINS 4 PATENTED CLAIMS: CURTIN, MORA B, ISIS, SILVER PRINCE, AND 19 UNPATENTED CLAIMS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1981 | Dewitt, Ed H. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1995 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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