| Deposit ID | 10109813 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M800042 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tuscumbia Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Tusculum Deposit |
| Related records | 10162116 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.37018, 34.27811 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1829 |
| Relative position | 2.6 MILES NORTH OF TOWERS MOUNTAIN |
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 | 21 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Rock unit name | Brady Butte Granodiorite |
| Rock description | Brady Butte Granodiorite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| (1) | -112.37018, 34.27811 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Batholith Trends North-Northeast |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 50 W |
| Dip | UNKNOWN |
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Length | 304.8M |
| Width | 60.96M |
| Depth to bottom | 91.44M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1887 |
| Year of first production | 1883 |
| Year of last production | 1942 |
| District name | Peck District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Frank Williams And Barry Smith, Prescott (1940'S) |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 213.36M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800042 |
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 782, P. 176
ABGMT BULL 140, P. 103
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
USGS BULL 1336, GEOL MAPS
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | IN 1883 THE TUSCUMBIA PRODUCED $50,000 OF SILVER ORE, OR APPROXIMATELY 45,000 OUNCES OF SILVER. ANOTHER STRIKE IN 1920'S INDICATED LARGE PRODUCTION, BUT NO PRODUCTION DATA APPARENT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: LATE 1880'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1981 | Dewitt, Ed H. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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