The Swallow Mine is a gold and copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,399 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: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 34.05722, -112.50833
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Swallow Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Swallow Mine
Secondary: Dobler
Secondary: Moonlight
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Castle Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. R. Dobler , Paydirt Mining Co. , J Brown
Years: 1910 -
Owner Name: Paydirt Mining Co.
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Year Last Production: 1966
Discovery Year: 1890
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 N 20 E To N 50 E. Tertiary Volcanics Dip Ne, Strike Nw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Fe-Staining
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Location): THE SWALLOW MINE IS SPREAD OUT AND HAS AT LEAST 7 DIFFERENT SHAFTS IN THE AREA, AND MANY ADITS AND TUNNELS.
Comment (Development): 15 CLAIMS THAT HAVE MANY SURFACE CUTS, SHAFTS AND SHORT TUNNELS. MOST INFORMATION GIVEN HERE IS FROM THE SWALLOW SHAFT IN THE CENTER OF THE OLD IRON SIDES CLAIM.
Comment (Deposit): TWO MAIN VEINS GOING NW TO SE, SEVERAL OTHER VEINS GOING N TO S. BOTH MAY BE THE SAME AGE, M40, 50, AND 60 TAKEN FROM INFORMATION ABOUT THE SWALLOW SHAFT.
Comment (Workings): MANY SHALLOW SURFACE CUTS, SHAFTS, AND SHORT TUNNELS. THE MAIN SHAFTS ARE MOONLIGHT NO. 1 AND NO. 2, SWALLOW, WHIM, AND GOLDEN WONDER 80 FT LEVEL-350 FT OF DRIFT. 200 FT LEVEL-300 FT OF DRIFT
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN LOCALIZED ALONG LOW-ANGLE FAULT WHICH PROBABLY DISPLACES TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS TO THE SOUTHEAST. DEPOSIT AGE PROBABLY MIOCENE
References
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND MOORE, R.T., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 354.
Reference (Deposit): ELEVATORSKI, E.A., ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, MINERAL REPORT NO. 2, ARIZONA DMR.
Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT. MIN. RES. FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): U.S.G.S. BULL. 782, P. 184-185.
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