The Binghampton Mine is a copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 34.45611, -112.19333
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Binghampton Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Binghampton Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Agua Fria District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. N. Steverson
Years: 1970 -
Owner Name: Binghampton Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
Year Last Production: 1947
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
Model Name: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Orebody
Form: SHOOTS, LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation And Transposed Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N-S To N15w
Type: L
Description: Massive Sulfide Lenses Parallel Stratigraphic Units
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization, Sericitization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Actinolite
Comments
Comment (Development): SHAFT EXISTED BEFORE 1914
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN PROTEROZOIC METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS LOCALIZED IN OR NEAR RHYOLITE AND RHYOLITE - ANDESITE CONTACTS.
Comment (Location): TWO SHAFTS MARKED ON MAP; OPPOSITE EACH OTHER IN A SMALL VALLEY NEAR NORTH EDGE OF SECTION 6; BOTH ARE PART OF BINGHAMPTON (EASTERN SHAFT IS MISLABELED AS THE COPPER QUEEN).
Comment (Production): ITEMS 10, 11, AND 12 ARE YIELDS FROM SMELTING OF CONCENTRATES FROM ITEM 9.
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, C.A. AND BLACET, P.M., 1972, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN BRADSHAW MOUNTAINS, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1336, P. 74.
Reference (Production): U.S.G.S. BULL'S. 782, 1336.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 146.
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