Columbia Mine

The Columbia Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,201 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

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Site Name

Primary: Columbia Mine
Secondary: Humbug Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum

Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Columbia District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
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

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Form: PROBABLY POCKETS AND BARS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: PT= .001 OZ/TON, AU= .0126 OZ/TON. $1.80/TON PT, $16.33/TON AU - RECALCULATES TO 33 PPB, 4.3 PPM AU.

Materials

Ore: Hematite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: MRDS M001139.

Comment (Geology): GOLD IN DISTRICT IS DERIVED FROM GOLD VEINS INTERSECTING AND OFFSETTING RHYOLITE DIKES AND MORE LOCALLY FROM PRECAMBRIAN ORE DEPOSITS. VEINS STRIKE EAST-NORTHEAST AND HAVE AU>AG.

Comment (Deposit): INFO SRC: 1 PUB LIT.

Comment (Commodity): CONCENTRATE= 4 LBS FROM 250 LBS

Comment (Location): SOUTH FLANK OF BRADSHAW MOUNTAINS. SEVERAL REFERENCES LOCATE THIS MINE IN THE ADJACENT BLACK CANYON DISTRICT RATHER THAN THE HUMBUG DISTRICT. LOCATION GIVEN IS ALONG HUMBUG CREEK NEAR COLUMBIA WHERE A SMALL TRIBUTARY ENTERS THE CREEK.

Comment (Production): NEARBY LODE PRODUCED 293 TONNES OF ORE IN 1913-1914 THAT RAN 12 PPM AU AND 6 PPM AG. SOME PLACER ORE WAS DERIVED FROM THIS LODE.

Comment (Development): HYDROLOGIC UNIT CO.

Comment (Deposit): HUMBUG DRAINAGE AREA EXTENDS 20 MI FROM SOUTH FLANK OF THE BRADSHAW MOUNTAINS.

References

Reference (Deposit): DAY, D.T., AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: MINERAL RESOURCES UNITED STATES FOR CALENDER YEAR 1905, P. 1180.

Reference (Deposit): QUIRING, HEINRICH, 1962, PLATINMETALLE IN DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE 16 BAND: STUTTGART, FERDINAND ENKE VERLAG, 288 P.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON 1972, PLACER GOLD, ARIZ: USGS BULL 1355, P. 59.

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1926, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROMEAND BRADSHAW MTN QUAD: USGS BULL 782, P. 178, 179.

Reference (Deposit): BROWNE, 1868, REPT ON MIN RES WEST OF ROCKY MTNS: US TREASURY DEPT., P. 480.

Reference (Deposit): GALBRAITH, F.W., AND BRENNAN, D.J., 1970, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 181, P. 5.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): LINDGREN, 1926.

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