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Vulture

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Iron, Lead, Lithium, Molybdenum, Silver, Tungsten, Vanadium, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10138010
MRDS ID D000083
MAS/MILS ID 0040130838
Record type Site
Current site name Vulture
Alternate or previous names Jane Elmore, Astor, Vulture Extension, Cook, Texona, Hamilton, Texhoma, Custer, Talmage, Sheridan, Elmore, Van Buren, Conkling, Sherman, Pit Gold, East Vulture, Black Hawk, Peach, Finlayson, East Vulture Extension
Related records 10137327

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.83965, 33.82066 (WGS84)
Elevation 634
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vulture Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(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 Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006 N 006 W 36 C Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary
Lead Secondary
Lithium Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Secondary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Vanadinite Unknown
Wulfenite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.83965, 33.82066
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N90E
    Dip 45N
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N90E:45N
    Date of Last Modification 911008

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1863
Year of first production 1863

Mining district

District name Vulture

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. W. Beal
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Vulture Mine Properties
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1988
  • Type Operator
    Owner Budge Mining Ltd., A. F.
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1988

Production statistics

  • Year 1868
    Period 1863-1868
    Description 1863-1868: $2,500,000 In Au.
  • Year 1888
    Period 1879-1888
    Description 1879-1888: $2,000,000 In Au.
  • Year 1907
    Period 1888-1907
    Description 1888-1907: $1,000,000 In Au.
  • Year 1966
    Period 1863-1966
    Description 1863-1966 350000 Tr Oz Au, 435000 Tr Oz Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 10886218.35g
    Major Silver Silver 13530014.23g

Comments on the production information

  • PAST PRODUCTION HAS BEEN FROM SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND METHODS. RECENT INTEREST HAS BEEN IN LEACHING. SEE SEQUENCE NUMBER 0040130839 FOR INFORMATION ON LEACHING OF TAILINGS. SURFACE ROTARY AND DIAMOND DRILLING WAS DONE, BUT SURFACE AND UNDER- GROUND RESERVES ARE NOT CURRENTLY ECONOMICAL FOR CYANIDE HEAP LEACHING. PROPERTY IS ALSO UNDER USGS MRDS ID NO. M003317.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADDITIONAL WORKINGS SEC 25,26,35,T6N,R6W;30,31,T6N,R5W

  • Reserve-Resource

    NIEMUTH, N.J. ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986. AZ

  • Reserve-Resource

    DEP. MINES AND MINER. RESOUR., REP. D-29(87), 1987, 46 PP.

  • Deposit

    USGS 15 VULTURE MTNS MAP

  • Deposit

    AZ.DEPT.MINERAL RES. VULTURE MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    METZGER,O.H.USBM IC#6991,P47

  • Deposit

    ADMR IND.MIN.RPT.P38

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING DISTRICT SHEETS

  • Deposit

    TENNEY,J. HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA

  • Deposit

    ELSING,M.&HEINEMAN,R. AZ.B.M.#140,P94

  • Deposit

    WILSON,E. CUNNINGHAM,J.& BUTLER,G. ABM#137,P157-162

  • Deposit

    ADMR"U" FILES

  • Deposit

    HINTON,R.J. 1000 OLD MINES,P78-79

  • Deposit

    U.S.AEC FILE;172:484,P410

  • Deposit

    FLAGG,A.L.,VANADIUM RPT.,BOOK V,PM1SC #4

  • Deposit

    MOORE,R. & ROSEVEARE,G. AZ.B.M.#180,P260

  • Deposit

    KOSCHMANN,A & BERGENDAHL,M.,USGS PP610,P40

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-OCT-1991 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusIntermittent since 07/23/2025
MSHA mine ID0203344
Mine name (MSHA)Vulture Mine
Current operatorVulture Peak Holding LLC
Current controller (parent)Jon Shipley
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (614 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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