The Ambassador Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,600 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: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.58111, -112.14639
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Ambassador Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ambassador Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Cherry Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: P. E. Woodward And L. Winslow
Years: 1942 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Year Last Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1914
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: Quartz Diorite Unfoliated
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fault Gouge
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 2 TUNNELS, 275 FT AND 200 LONG
Comment (Geology): VEIN IN PROTEROZOIC QUARTZ DIORITE
Comment (Development): MADE UP OF 3 CLAIMS - GOLD MOUNTAIN, RED BIRD, RED BIRD EXTENSION
Comment (Deposit): STRIKE OF VEIN ESTIMATED FROM ORIENTATION OF TUNNELS ON TOPO MAP
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): U.S.G.S. PP 308, GEOLOGIC MAP.
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT. MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA.
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