The Golden Fleece Mine is a gold mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 8,051 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: 8,051 Feet (2,454 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 31.37583, -110.28667
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Golden Fleece Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Fleece Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Hartford 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1923
Year Last Production: 1941
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: Fault Contact Between Morita Formation And Jurassic Volcanic Rocks (Usgs Map I-509 Many Nw Trending Faults Such As The One Near The Mine Are Present In The Huachucas
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): 55 FOOT SHAFT BUILT FIRST. THEN 500 FT TUNNEL TO INTERSECT VEIN BELOW SHAFT
Comment (Geology): MOST ROCK TYPE UNKNOWN, AS EXACT LOCATION IS UNKNOWN. NO REFERENCE SPECIFIC TO THIS MINE FOUND, EXCEPTING A NEWSPAPER CLIPPING.
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED W.E. GARDNER, R.C. HYDE, M.H. SYLVESTER, I.D. BRYSON, W.H. HARRISON, GOLD AND METAL CO OF ARIZONA
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT 187, P. 64.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): HAYES, P.T. AND RAUP, R.B., 1968. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HUACHUCA AND MUSTANG MOUNTAINS USGS MISCELANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS, I-509.
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