The Golconda Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,199 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: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 34.05639, -112.30750
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Golconda Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golconda Mine
Secondary: Golconda Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Humbug District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Charles Champie And S. Stivers
Years: 1945 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1913
Year Last Production: 1913
Discovery Year: 1897
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Xenoliths (Quartz-Mica Schist) Trends N 40-50 E
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Rhyolite Porphyry Dikes And Foliation In Precambrian Xenoliths
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization Adjacent To Some Dikes
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED 600 FT NORTH-NORTHEAST OF EL PERO BONITO MINE AND CLAIM. NORTHERN MOST CLAIM IN MOUNTAIN CHIEF CLAIM GROUP
Comment (Deposit): GOLCONDA UNPATENTED CLAIM ADJOINS EL PERO BONITO CLAIM ON THE NORTHEAST
Comment (Deposit): GOLCONDA UNPATENTED CLAIM IS NORTHERNMOST CLAIM IN MOUNTAIN CHIEF CLAIM GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1890'S
Comment (Geology): GEOLOGY IS IDENTICAL TO EL PERO BONITO MINE. RHYOLITE PORPHYRY DIKE EXTENDS NORTH ONTO GOLCONDA CLAIM. BUT ITS RELATION TO THE VEIN SYSTEM IS UNKNOWN
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 178-179
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 140, P. 60-61
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