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Whipshaw Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109041
MRDS ID M003253
Record type Site
Current site name Whipshaw Mine
Related records 10256489

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.48102, 34.047 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Relative position 9 MILES W OF COLUMBIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copperopolis(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008N 002W 08 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 MILES NW OF BLACK BUTTE (3753)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Gold Ore
Specularite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor Fe-Staining

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Amphibole Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.48102, 34.047
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Schist Trends N20e To N50e. Tertiary Volcanics Dip Ne, Strike Nw
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Low-Angle (Less Than 50 Deg) Faults Which Trend Nw

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip SW
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN LOCALIZED ALONG LOW-ANGLE FAULT WHICH PROBABLY DISPLACES TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS TO THE SE. DEPOSIT AGE PROBABLY MIOCENE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1931
Year of last production 1937

Mining district

District name Castle Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. L. Dunbar; W. J. Johnson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on development

  • 13 CLAIMS, DUMMEY, UNKLEJOHN, MASSADE, K-2-TO R, REDCROSS, BLUNDERBUSS, STAR, MERRIMAC, SIDELINE, MAUDS, BROOKLYN, AND THE TWO MAIN SHAFTS ARE ON THE PATANKA TO THE S AND THE ATLANTA TO THE N

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782, P. 185

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 137, P. 62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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