| Lat / long: | 32.75733, -109.24897 |
| 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 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1905 |
| Last production ended: | 1970 |
| 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 |
| 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. |