Golden Central Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver
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 10109812
MRDS ID M800035
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Central Mine
Alternate or previous names Gold Central

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.30657, 34.05312 (WGS84)
Elevation 802
Relative position 9.0 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BLACK CANYON CITY, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia(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 008N 001E 07 SW OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ADJACENT TO AND 500 FEET SOUTHEAST OF EL PERO BONITO MINE AND CLAIM. GOLDEN CENTRAL CLAIMS ARE IN MOUNTAIN CHIEF GROUP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization Adjacent To Some Dikes

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite;Rhyolite Porphyry Dikes
    Rock description Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite;Rhyolite Porphyry Dikes
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.30657, 34.05312

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Xenoliths (Quartz-Mica Schist) Trends N 40-50 E
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Rhyolite Porphyry Dikes And Foliation In Precambrian Xenoliths

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 65 E
    Dip 75 TO 80 NW
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 609.6M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY SAME AS EL PERO BONITO MINE, WITH EXCEPTION OF NO RHYOLITE PORPHYRY DIKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1897
Year of first production 1901

Mining district

District name Humbug District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Champie, Phoenix, Az And Stockdale And Stivers,
    First year 1945

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.004HA
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 24.38M
    Overall width 1.52M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 140, P. 60-61

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLDEN CENTRAL CLAIMS ARE IN MOUNTAIN CHIEF CLAIM GROUP. EL PERO BONITO AND GOLDEN CENTRAL MAY BE CONNECTED BY 600 FOOT-LONG CROSSCUT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit GOLDEN CENTRAL CLAIMS (NO. 1, 2) ARE ADJACENT TO AND SOUTHEAST OF EL PERO BONITO CLAIM AND MINE IN MOUNTAIN CHIEF GROUP. GOLDEN CENTRAL CLAIMS ARE UNPATENTED
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1890'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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