The Premier Group is a gold mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,199 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
Elevation: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.08083, -110.77139
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Premier Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Premier Group
Secondary: Santa Montica Camp
Secondary: Santa Monica Camp
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Banner District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: S. O. Stewart
Years: 1925 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Nnw Trending Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Copper
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Jasper
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Goethite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): ADITS & DRIFTS; SEVERAL PITS OPEN CUT ABOUT 25 FT LONG WITH A DRI FT FROM ONE END EXTENDING 20 FT TO THE EAST AND A WINZE 12 FT DEEP AT THE END OF THE DRIFT
Comment (Geology): NATIVE GOLD OCCURS IN THIN SEAMS WITH FE & MN OXIDES
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M000499 WITH RE CORD M030435 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS. RECORD # D000092 BY RICHARD P. FISCHER HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): ABOUT $70,000 WORTH OF GOLD WAS REPORTED PRODUCED FROM ONE OF THE MAIN WORKINGS
Comment (Development): 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): BANKS & KRIEGER, 1977, USGS MAP GQ-1391
Reference (Deposit): ANTHONY ET AL, 1977, MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA: UNIV OF AZ PRESS
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, 1925, USGS BULL 771
Reference (Production): BANKS & KRIEGER, 1977
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