The Catoctin Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,079 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: 5,079 Feet (1,548 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 34.42583, -112.53083
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Catoctin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Catoctin Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Little Copper Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Gold Bend Partners
Years: 1952 -
Owner Name: Catoctin Mining Co.; C. W. Walker
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1927
Year Last Production: 1937
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 Proterozoic Rocks Trends N20e
Type: L
Description: Mineralization In Breccia Pipes And Dike-Related Veins
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericite, Clay
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 1,000 FT OF DEVELOPMENT
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT APPEARS TO BE VEIN IN PROTEROZOIC CRYSTALLINE ROCKS
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON SSE-FLOWING TRIBUTARY TO HASSAYAMPA RIVER, 0.6 MILES UPSTREAM FROM CONFLUENCE OF TRIBUTARY WITH THE HASSAYAMPA
Comment (Development): MEMBER OF THE WHITE FEATHER CLAIMS (UNPATENTED)
Comment (Deposit): NEARBY (EAST) PATENTED CLAIMS TREND NE; VEINS OF CATOCTIN POSSIBLY TREND N TO NE NO GOOD MINE DESCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE
References
Reference (Deposit): USGM-ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPING FILE DATA
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