The Welcome Mine is a gold and lead mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,599 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Lead
Lat, Long: 34.17306, -112.75278
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Welcome Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Welcome Mine
Secondary: Rincon Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Rich Hill District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: D. B. Hibbect
Years: 1935 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
Year Last Production: 1935
Discovery Year: 1880
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 Metamorphic Rocks Trends N10e To N25e; Granitic Rocks Unfoliated
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Mafic Dikes Which Trend Northeast And Dip At Low Angles, Usually Less Than 40 Degree.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Sericite Along Vein Walls
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE NEW YORK GROUP, WELCOME GROUP, AND DIXIE GROUP FORM THE SIDES OF A TRIANGLE. PRODUCTION DATA FOR ALL THREE MAY HAVE BEEN COMBINED UNDER THE HEADING OF THE RINCON MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS NEARLY VERTICAL AS OPPOSED TO GENTLY-DIPPING DIXIE VEIN TO NORTH. MINERALIZED ZONE 60 FT WIDE CONTAINS AT LEAST 2 VEINS. ALTERED DIORITE DIKE PARALLELS VEIN. VEIN IS LOWER GRADE THAN DIXIE
Comment (Workings): MAIN WELCOME SHAFT IS 165 FT DEEP; HIBBARD SHAFT 40 FT; MILLARD SHAFT 40 FT
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN GRANITIC ROCKS. VEIN LOCALIZED ALONG SHALLOWLY-DIPPING ANDESITE AND DIORITE DIKES.
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS MEASURED TO THE CENTER OF ONE OF THE SHAFTS IN SECTION 26. THERE IS A SECOND SHAFT TO THE EAST, IMMEDIATELY NEXT TO THE FIRST; ONE TO THE WEST IN SECTION 27; AND TWO TO THE SOUTH IN SECTION 35. ALSO THERE ARE TWO ADITS (THE HUNTER TUNNEL) TO THE WEST IN SECTION 27 WHICH MAY CONNECT UNDERGROUND TO THE WELCOME
Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIMS ARE WELCOME NO 1 WEST, WELCOME NO 1 EAST, WELCOME, AND HUNTER.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
Reference (Deposit): AZ. DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA
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