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Camp B Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum
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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. 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 10109846
MRDS ID M800207
Record type Site
Current site name Camp B Mine
Alternate or previous names Camp B Group
Related records 10113195

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.58797, 34.02728 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 2.5 MILES SW OF MORGAN BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morgan Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(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 003W 20 NE OF NE OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • MAIN SHAFT SW OF SECTION CORNER OF SECTIONS 16, 17, 20 AND 21. MAIN SHAFT ON NOGI PATENTED CLAIM. SHAFT IN SE CORNER OF SEC 17 IS NORTH SHAFT OF CAMP B, ALSO ON NOGI CLAIM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor To None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • 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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.58797, 34.02728
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Schist And Gneiss Trends N 25 E To N 65 E
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins (And Genetically-Related (?)) Dikes Trend N 10 W To N 40 W And Crosscut Precambrian Fabric

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 46 W TO N 53 W
    Dip 80 NE TO VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 259.08M
    Width 82.3M
    Depth to bottom 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing, Igneous Activity-Dikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS HIGH-ANGLE QUARTZ VEIN WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH RHYOLITE OR ANDESITE DIKES OF PROBABLE MID-TERTIARY AGE THAT CUT PRECAMBRIAN IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1937
Year of last production 1949

Mining district

District name Black Rock District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner N. S. Oberan , Queen And Whitwell, E. Nutter
    First year 1945
  • Type Owner
    Owner Oberan,Molly May
    First year 1934

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.092HA
    Length 548.64M
    Overall depth 121.92M
    Overall length 259.08M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 SHAFT INCLINED 57 DEG FOR AT LEAST 165 FT. SMALL PIT, 30 FT ACROSS (ALBERT PIT), PART OF SHATTERED ZONE. TWO TUNNELS, ONE AT THE 160 FT LEVEL, THE OTHER AT THE 270 FT LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • A NUMBER OF CLAIMS OWNED BY N. OBERAN (1964), THEY INCLUDE; WEDGE 1-4, NOGI, CHADWICK, SCORPION AND BARTHOLDI. WEDGE 1-4 ARE UNPATENTED; OTHERS ARE PATENTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT. MIN. RES. FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN STRUCTURES "HORSE TAIL" AS THEY APPROACH THE CONTACT ZONE OF GRANITE AND SCHIST. INDIVIDUAL VEINS 5 FT WIDE; VEIN SYSTEMS UP TO 50 FT WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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