Federal Mine

The Federal Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,630 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Federal Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

Elevation: 5,630 Feet (1,716 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 34.61444, -112.05361

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Mine Description

The Federal mine is West of the Bunker, about 1 1/4 miles north of Cherry at an altitude of 5,300 feet. Its southward-dipping vein is reported to have been explored by a 260-foot incline in 1907. A mill was built at about that time, but little ore was mined.

Text from Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining, Arizona Bureau of Mines. Original 1934, revised 1967

Federal Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Federal Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Cherry Creek District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Federal Mining And Milling Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Year Last Production: 1910
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: None-Quartz Diorite Massive And Unfoliated


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN IN QUARTZ DIORITE OF PROTEROZOIC AGE

Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT 260 FT DEEP

Comment (Location): 0.9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEGHORN MINE. UTM COORDINATES TO SOUTHEASTERN MOST SHAFT. OTHER SHAFT AND NUMEROUS ADIT SYMBOLS EXTEND 0.3 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAIN SHAFT. UTM APPROXIMATE ONLY

Comment (Deposit): VEIN AVERAGES 2 FT WIDE. USGS P.P. 308 SAYS VEIN DIPS NW; USGS BULL 782 SAYS VEIN DIPS SW. DISCREPANCY NOT RESOLVED


References

Reference (Deposit): USGS P.P. 308, P. 175

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 107

Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P. 31


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