Wildflower

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161607
MRDS ID M004297
MAS/MILS ID 0040251603
Record type Site
Current site name Wildflower
Alternate or previous names Patented Claims M S 1232,1233 And, Sabronje Shoot Or Drift, Anaconda Tunnel, Green Mtn Gen No 289, 1236, 1235, 4542, 4544
Related records 10102573

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.35574, 34.22925 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crown King(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 010 N 001 W 03 N2 Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.35574, 34.22925

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 146M
    Length 1341M
    Width 1.5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 911008

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1917

Comments on exploration

  • DEPOSIT WAS DISCOVERED PRIOR TO 1917.

Mining district

District name Tiger

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Golden Crown Mining Co
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1957

Production statistics

  • Year 1919
    Period 1917-1919
    Description 1917-1919: 400,000 Lb Cu, $15,000 Au, $30,000 Ag, 13,000 St Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Copper Copper 181436.94mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLAIMS EXTEND INTO W2NWSW OF SEC.3,E2SE OF SEC.4,N2NENW OF

  • Deposit

    SEC 9

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING DIST.SHEET 210,211

  • Deposit

    ADMR WILDFLOWER MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN W ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROME AND BRADSHAW MTN QUADS

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782 1926 P 166

  • Deposit

    GUITERAS J R GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE BLACK CANYON

  • Deposit

    AREA USBM IC 6905 1936 P 41

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-OCT-1991 Admr U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.