Mine detail: Golden Turkey Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.26811, -112.20491

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Copper, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Other material:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1923
Last production ended:	1949

Geology

Host rock:	Spud Mountain Volcanics
Host type:	Diorite,Schist,Rhyolite,Andesite
Associated type:	Diorite,Rhyolite,Andesite,Basalt
Structure:	Foliation And Transposed Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N-S, Low-Angle (Less Than 40 Deg) Veins Cut Across Foliation

References

MRDS	M002350
DEP	10102450
Reference	{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 51.}{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. 14.}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, 1972, USGS BULL 1345, P. 34-35.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: U.S.B.M. I.C. 6905 , P. 17 ; A.B.M. BULL. 137 , P. 52}
Reporter	Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed)