The Congress Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,360 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: 3,360 Feet (1,024 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 34.20083, -112.84972
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Congress Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Congress Mine
Secondary: Queen of the Hills
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Martinez District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Echo Bay Exploration Inc.
Home Office: Golden, Co.
Years: 1988 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1887
Year Last Production: 1950
Discovery Year: 1883
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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: FLAT LENSES, PINCH/SWELL
Structure
Type: R
Description: Granite Is Massive And Unfoliated
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Andesite Dikes Which Trend E-W To Ne And Dip At Low Angles, Less Than 40 Deg
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: EARLY PRODUCTION CONTAINED 7 OUNCES PER TON AU.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Liebigite
Gangue: Goethite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): MAFIC DIKES DIP SHALLOWLY TO THE NORTH.
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO NIAGRA MINE, RECORD NO. M800366.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHAFTS: NO. 1 (1100 FT DEEP), NO. 2 (1700 FT DEEP), NO. 3 (4000 FT DEEP). DRIVING RAMP DECLINE TO 2200 LEVEL IN 1986.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES ARE DRILL IDENTIFIED ON NIAGRA VEIN FROM ECHO BAY DRIVING RAMP DECLINE 11/86.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES INCLUDE DATA FROM THE NIAGRA VEIN.
Comment (Development): ACTIVE EXPLORATION (SURFACE DRILLING) BY ECHO BAY DURING 1984-1986. GLENDEL MINING CO. WAS OPERATOR IN 1960. PROPERTY WAS OWNED BY E.A. COLBURN OF WICKENBURG, AZ IN 1960.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE. VEIN USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH ANDESITE AND MAFIC DIKES.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 69.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): METZGER, 1938, USBM IC 6991, P. 45.
Reference (Deposit): NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.
Reference (Deposit): SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 70.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NIEMUTH, 1987.
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