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Wizard

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. 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 10104150
MRDS ID M800344
Record type Site
Current site name Wizard
Alternate or previous names Fortuna Mine, Wizzard, Anne, Annie

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.32046, 34.44699 (WGS84)
Elevation 1643
Relative position 1.86 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MT. ELLIOTT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poland Junction(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 12N 001W 25 NE OF NW (25); NW OF NE (25) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM TO ADIT SYMBOL ON EAST SIDE OF ROAD (OLD RAILROAD GRADE). OTHER WORKINGS TO SOUTHWEST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Big Bug Pluton And Associated Dikes;
    Rock description Big Bug Pluton And Associated Dikes;
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Lower Unit Spud Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Lower Unit Spud Mountain Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.32046, 34.44699
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N25e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Foliation For Most Part

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike ENE
    Dip STEEPLY SOUTH

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1915
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Ticonderoga District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pinto Malartic Gold Mines (1986, Toronto, Ontario)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • WIZARD TUNNEL IS 800 FT LONG

Comments on development

  • AL AULOCK WAS PROPERTY OPERATOR IN 1940. PINTO MALARTIC WAS CARRYING OUT A GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY TO DETERMINE DRILL TARGETS DURING 1984-1986.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782, P. 134-135.

  • Deposit

    USGS GQ MAP GQ-997.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1336, GEOLOGICAL MAPS.

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC ROCKS AND IS LOCALIZED NEAR RHYOLITE DIKES. VEIN AVERAGES 2-3 FT WIDTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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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