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Crosscut Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109848
MRDS ID M800218
Record type Site
Current site name Crosscut Mine
Related records 10210863

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.01934, 34.60505 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 1.9 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHERRY, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014N 003E 10 NE OF SE OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 0.4 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOLD EAGLE MINE. UTM COORDINATES TO SOUTHERN PROSPECT PIT IN GROUP OF TWO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fault Gouge

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Cherry Quartz Diorite (Informal)
    Rock description Cherry Quartz Diorite (Informal)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.01934, 34.60505
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Quartz Diorite Unfoliated

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN IN PROTEROZOIC QUARTZ DIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1933
Year of last production 1938

Mining district

District name Cherry Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • TWO PATENTED CLAIMS INCLUDE CROSSCUT AND GULCH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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