Mine detail: Vulture Mine

Previously called 'CustrerShermanPit GoldBlack HawkTexhomaCookPeachFinlaysonTaxonaTexonaEast VultureVulture West ExtensionVindicator GroupVan BurenAstorConklingHamiltonTalmageJane ElmoreSheridan'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.82145, -112.83575

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead, Silver, Copper
Tertiary: Lithium, Vanadium, Zinc
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite, Spodumene, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
Gangue: Calcite, Iron, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Other material: Pyrite
Discovery year: 1863

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1863
Last production ended: 1966

Geology

Host type:Mafic Intrusive Rock,Schist,Granite
Structure:Fault Zone Parallels Lamination In Schist; 2 Large Faults: Talmadge (Dips 80ne) And Astor (Parallels Talmadge)
Tectonic:Basin And Range
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM003317
DEP10027543
Reference{Deposit:: WILSON AND OTHERS, 1934, ABM BULLETIN 137, P. 157-162.}{Deposit:: HUTCHINSON, 1921, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. III, NO. 7, P. 298-302.}{Deposit:: ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL AND MINING JOURNAL, VARIOUS ISSUES, 192* & 1930}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST, V. 12, 1980, P. 93 & MAP.}{Deposit:: SPENCER, J.E., REYNOLDS, S.J., GRUBENSKY, M.J., DUNCAN, J.T., AND WHITE, D.C., 1989, GEOLOGY OF THE VULTURE GOLD MINE: ARIZONA GEOLOGY, V. 19, NO. 4, P. 1-4.}{Deposit:: WHITE, D.C., 1989, GEOLOGY OF THE VULTURE MINE: MINING ENGINEERING, NOVEMBER, 1989, P. 1119-1122.}{Deposit:: USGS, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, AND U.S.S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, 1969, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, 638 P.}{Deposit:: ROSS, C.P., 1923, USGS WATER SUPPLY PAPER 498.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, WAYNE, 1985, THE VULTURE: CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL, V. 55, NO. 2, P. 8-11.}{Deposit:: NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: ABM FILE DATA; WHITE, 1988, P. 1120; SPENCER AND OTHERS, 1989; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.}{Reserve-Resource:: NIEMUTH, 1987.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Bolm, Karen S., Orris, Greta J.