Pine Grove Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109867
MRDS ID M800373
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Grove Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.41185, 34.47199 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 0.8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRUCE MOUNTAIN LOOKOUT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Groom Creek(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013N 002W 25 SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • PINE GROVE MINE ASSUMED TO BE ON CONTEST CLAIM (PATENTED). UTM COORDINATES TO CENTER OF CLAIM. LOCATED 0.1 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE HOME RUN MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Green Gulch Volcanics
    Rock description Green Gulch Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.41185, 34.47199

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N10e To N20e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Foliation And Crosscut It By 10-20 Degrees, Trending N20e To N-S

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Igneous Activity, Especially Dike Emplacement

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC ROCKS

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 1940

Mining district

District name Groom Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Weber Brothers
    First year 1940

Comments on development

  • ASSUMED TO BE LOCATED ON CONTEST CLAIM (MS. 1549)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS GQ MAP GQ-997

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DATA ON DEPOSIT OR WORKINGS. GEOLOGY PROBABLY SIMILAR TO HOME RUN MINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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