The Chicago Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,401 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: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.47333, -112.42750
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Chicago Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chicago Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Groom Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: M. C. Mcleod, R. M. O'Brien
Years: 1938 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1935
Year Last Production: 1938
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 Rocks Trends N10e To N20e
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Foliation And Crosscut It By 10-20 Degrees, Trending N20e To N-S
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM TAKEN TO CENTER OF CLAIM FOUND ON BLM DISTRICT SHEET #248
Comment (Workings): NO DEEP WORKINGS ON THE PROPERTY (1918)
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC ROCKS
Comment (Deposit): VERY LITTLE INFORMATION FOUND ABOUT CHICAGO MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT SHEET #248
Reference (Deposit): YAVAPAI MAGAZINE, 1918, VOL VI, NO 7, P. 37
Reference (Deposit): USGS GQ MAP-GQ 997
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