Swallow Mine

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

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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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