The Hercules Mine is a gold mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,949 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: 1,949 Feet (594 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.77028, -113.55000
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Hercules Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hercules Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Harquahala District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1950
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: There Is Little Continuity To The Quartz Lenses, Postmineral Faulting Having Taken Place Along Both The Dip And The Strike Of The Veins
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2670 TONS OF ORE AND SILICEOUS GOLD FLUX AVERAGING ABOUT .25 OZ AU/TON, .27 OZ AG/TON, AND 1 1/4 TONS OF CU
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Development): WORKED PRIOR TO 1900 AND SPORADICALLY FROM 1934 THROUGH 1950; PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDE J.B. SHARP, TOM ROGERS, J.J. ROGERS, LEO FARRINGTON, JOHN R. SHANLEY.
Comment (Workings): THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY TWO SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFTS
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ALONG OVERTHRUST FAULT THAT PLACES PREC METAMORPHICS OVER PAL-MES SEDIMENTS; MINERALIZATION LOCALLY ASSOCIATED WITH MICRODIORITE DIKES 20 TO 20 MY IN AGE.
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION FILE DATA
Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 451, P. 109
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 140, P. 104
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P. 132
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