| Deposit ID | 10109812 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M800035 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Golden Central Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Gold Central |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.30657, 34.05312 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 802 |
| Relative position | 9.0 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BLACK CANYON CITY, ARIZONA |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yavapai |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 008N | 001E | 07 | SW OF NW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| 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 |
| (1) | -112.30657, 34.05312 |
|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1897 |
| Year of first production | 1901 |
| District name | Humbug District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Charles Champie, Phoenix, Az And Stockdale And Stivers, |
| First year | 1945 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.004HA |
| Length | 45.72M |
| Overall depth | 15.24M |
| Overall length | 24.38M |
| Overall width | 1.52M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800035 |
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
ABM BULL 140, P. 60-61
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1981 | Dewitt, Ed H. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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