The Golden Aster Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,999 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: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.09472, -112.45500
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Golden Aster Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Aster Mine
Secondary: Lehman Mine
Secondary: Lehman Property
Secondary: Rattlesnake Vein
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Castle Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Gus Lehman Champie
Years: 1936 -
Owner Name: Golden Aster Mining Co.
Years: 1936 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1929
Year Last Production: 1936
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: L
Description: Veins Parallel Low-Angle (Less Than 50 Degree Dip) Faults Which Trend Nw
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Schist Trends N20e To N50e. Tertiary Volcanics Dip Ne, Strike Nw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Fe-Staining
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): GOLDEN ASTER MINE PROBABLY CONTAINS TWO VEINS, THE RATTLESNAKE AND THE WILLIE. THE GOLDEN ASTER (LEHMAN) IS NOT THE SAME MINE AS THE CHAMPIE MINE (LEHMAN), WEST OF COPPEROPOLIS.
Comment (Development): IN 1936 THE GOLDEN ASTER MINING CO. WAS OWNED BY THE CHAMPIE BROTHERS, IN 1938, RECORDS SHOW OWNER AS MRS. E. CHAMPIE. 15 CLAIMS PRESENT
Comment (Deposit): THREE PARALLEL VEINS CLOSE TOGETHER, 2 FT, 6 IN AND 6 FT WIDE
Comment (Workings): 1,000 FEET OF TUNNELS AND RAISES
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN LOCALIZED ALONG LOW-ANGLE FAULT WHICH PROBABLY DISPLACES TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS TO THE SOUTHEAST. DEPOSIT AGE PROBABLY MIOCENE
Comment (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 183 GIVES THE AGE OF THE VEINS AS PRE-CAMBRIAN. DIORITE DIKES STRIKE EAST-WEST AND DIP SOUTH ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P. 62
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 187
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN RES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA
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