The Golden Idol Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,400 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.60389, -112.03333
Map: View on Google Maps
Satelite View
MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.
Mine Description
The Golden Idol or Hillside mine is 1 1/2 miles by road north of Cherry, at an altitude of about 5,400 feet. Lindgren states that the property was Worked from 1907 to 1910 and Was equipped with a stamp mill and cyanide plant. During the past fifteen years, it has been held by the Verde Inspiration Company and the Western States Gold Mining Company, but has made little or no production. Lindgren continues: “There appear to be three veins on the property, and on one of them an incline 375 feet long has been sunk at a dip of 35° W. . . . Pits near the shaft show a foot vein of sheared granite with bunches of quartz. The quartz shows bluish-black streaks of tourmaline, also a little pyrite and chalcopyrite. It contains solution cavities with limonite. The Ore is said to have contained $7 to $12 to the ton."
Text from Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining, Arizona Bureau of Mines. Original 1934, revised 1967
Golden Idol Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Idol Mine
Secondary: Hillside
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Cherry Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Form: LENSES, PODS
Structure
Type: L
Description: None - Quartz Diorite Unfoliated
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $7 TO $12 PER TON ( 1926
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS QUARTZ DIORITE
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, C.A. AND CREASEY, S.C., 1958 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROME AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 308 , P. 175
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 106
Arizona Gold
"Where to Find Gold in Arizona" looks at the density of modern placer mining claims along with historical gold mining locations and mining district descriptions to determine areas of high gold discovery potential in Arizona. Read more: Where to Find Gold in Arizona.
