The Federal Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,630 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,630 Feet (1,716 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.61444, -112.05361
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Mine Description
The Federal mine is West of the Bunker, about 1 1/4 miles north of Cherry at an altitude of 5,300 feet. Its southward-dipping vein is reported to have been explored by a 260-foot incline in 1907. A mill was built at about that time, but little ore was mined.
Text from Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining, Arizona Bureau of Mines. Original 1934, revised 1967
Federal Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Federal Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Cherry Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Federal Mining And Milling Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Year Last Production: 1910
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: None-Quartz Diorite Massive And Unfoliated
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN IN QUARTZ DIORITE OF PROTEROZOIC AGE
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT 260 FT DEEP
Comment (Location): 0.9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEGHORN MINE. UTM COORDINATES TO SOUTHEASTERN MOST SHAFT. OTHER SHAFT AND NUMEROUS ADIT SYMBOLS EXTEND 0.3 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAIN SHAFT. UTM APPROXIMATE ONLY
Comment (Deposit): VEIN AVERAGES 2 FT WIDE. USGS P.P. 308 SAYS VEIN DIPS NW; USGS BULL 782 SAYS VEIN DIPS SW. DISCREPANCY NOT RESOLVED
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS P.P. 308, P. 175
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 107
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P. 31
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