Mine detail: Ash Peak Mines

Previously called 'Commerce and Shamrock MineHardy MineAsh Peak ExtensionGoldfield Extension'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.75733, -109.24897

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold, Silica
Secondary:	Copper, Lead
Tertiary:	Manganese
Ore:	Argentite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz
Gangue:	Calcite, Rhodochrosite
Orebody form:	TABULAR AND NARROW
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1905
Last production ended:	1970

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite,Andesite,Basalt
Associated rock:	Tertiary Volcanic Flows
Associated type:	Diabase
Structure:	Fault Fissure Shears The Tertiary Tuffs/Flows And Forms Hogbacks In Places, Diabase Dike Follows The Hanging Wall Of The Fissure Vein And Separates Vein Material From The Hanging Wall Of The Fault; Diabase Fractures Easily And Has Made It Difficult To Mine The Subjacent Ores Cleanly
Tectonic:	Ash Peak; Transition Between Basin And Range And Colorado Plateau Provinces
Alteration processes:	Quartz Mineralization Altered And Cemented Fault Breccia; Further Faulting Was Followed By Further Mineralization And Alteration Of Fault Breccia

References

MRDS	M800429
DEP	10048297
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, ASH PEAK MINE, ASH PEAK TAILING DUMP AND MILL, ASH PEAK SILICA MINE, HARDY MINE.}{Deposit:: USBM FILES, SHAMROCK SHAFT, ASH PEAK MINES.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7119.}{Deposit:: BLM DISTRICT SHEET 851.}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, ASH PEAK MINE, SHAMROCK MINE, VETA MINES INC, GOLDFIELD EXTENSION, ASH PEAK EXTENSION MINING CO, HARDY MINE}{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1200-AZ.}{Deposit:: NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILES.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: NIEMUTH, 1987.}
Reporter	Calder, Susan R., Orris, Greta J.