Binghampton Mine

The Binghampton Mine is a copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,400 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

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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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