The Rackensack Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,199 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: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 33.90083, -111.85028
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Rackensack Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rackensack Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Cave 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Edeline, George
Years: 1973 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Year Last Production: 1951
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne Trending Fractures And Dikes, Probably Tert In Age
Type: L
Description: Granitic Intrusion At Gold Hill, Related Ne Fracturing
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR RACKENSACK GULCH. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDE DAVID KYLE, C.C. HEWINS, J.K. VERKROOST, ALBERT, EDWARDS MINING CO., LEO L. FARRINGTON, BROWN; MAY HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE DALLAS-FORTWORTH; PROPERTY INCLUDED 3 CLAIMS AND A MILL SITE ALONG WITH 3 MORE ADJOINING CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS IN MONZONITE DIKE CONTACTING PORPHYRY AND SCHIST
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE THE VERKROOST AND KILE TUNNELS, AS WELL AS A WINZE AND SOME DRIFTING.
Comment (Geology): AGES IN AREA UNKNOWN, BUT FRACTURING IS APPARENTLY TERT, THIS PROBABLY MINERALIZATION IS ALSO TERTIARY
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): DEWITT, ED, 1981, UNPUB MAPPING.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ BUREAU MINES BULL 137, P. 165.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ BUREAU MINES BULL 180, P. 106.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE.
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