Gold Bullion Mine

The Gold Bullion Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,240 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Gold Bullion Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

Elevation: 5,240 Feet (1,597 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 34.59972, -112.05583

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Mine Description

The Gold Bullion, formerly know as the Copper Bullion property, is about 2 miles West-northwest of Cherry. During the early days, according to local reports, it was opened by a 660-foot incline and several hundred feet of shallower workings. These openings were on a steeply westward-dipping vein that pinches and swells to a maximum width of about 7 feet. As seen near the surface, it Consists of lenses of quartz together with locally abundant masses of hematite and limonite. The gold is very finely divided. In places, the quartz contains irregular bunches of partially oxidized galena. Copper stain is locally present. Since 1930, several cars of shipping ore have been mined from near the surface.

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

Gold Bullion Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Gold Bullion Mine
Secondary: Copper Bullion Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper


Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Cherry Creek District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Gold Bullion Min. Co.
Years: 1946 -

Owner Name: Gold Bullion Min. Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1932
Year Last Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1896
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: R
Description: Quartz Diorite Unfoliated

Type: L
Description: Vein Parallels Granite Porphyry Dike


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fault Gouge


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1760.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1760.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Location): UTM COORDINATES TO SHAFT ON NORTH-NORTHEAST SIDE OF CHERRY CREEK.

Comment (Development): 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Comment (Deposit): 2 VEINS ON PROPERTY. BOTH FOLLOW GRANITE PORPHYRY DIKES. VEIN RANGES FROM 4 TO 12 FT WIDE. GRANITE PORPHYRY DIKE 170 FT THICK

Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT 100 FT DEEP, VERTICAL SHAFT 30 FT DEEP. MAIN ADIT 150 FT LONG

Comment (Geology): VEIN IN PROTEROZOIC QUARTZ DIORITE

Comment (Deposit): COPPER BULLION MINE (USBM-004 025 0554) IS LISTED AS SYNONYM FOR GOLD BULLION MINE. BECAUSE COMMODITY INFORMATION WAS SO DIFFERENT WE HAVE LISTED THE MINES SEPARATELY. THEY WERE PROBABLY THE SAME MINE, HOWEVER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT


References

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

Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT. MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA


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