Mine detail: Richinbar Mine

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.202, -112.10212
dep_id: 10027245
mrds_id: M002602
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver, Lead, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR, PINCH AND SWELL, VERTICAL SHOOTS
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Faulting, Shearing
Reporter: Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Dewitt, Ed H.
hrock_type: Diorite,Mica Schist
arock_unit: Bland Quartz Diorite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Foliation In Precambrian Country Rock Trends N-S
Year first produced: 1905
yr_lst_prd: 1948
disc_yr: 1882
References:
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 782, P. 157
  • Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1934 , ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137 , P. 54
  • Deposit:: GUITERAS, J.R., 1936 , GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE BLACK CANYON AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6905 , P. 26
  • Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
  • Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
  • Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
  • Production:: U.S.B.M.I.C. 6905 , P. 28 ; U.S.G.S. BULL. 782 , P. 157
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