The Silver Flake Mine is a gold, lead, and zinc mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 34.4725, -112.47306
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Silver Flake Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Flake Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Cobalt
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Groom Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Julian Sanchez
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1954
Discovery Year: 1885
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: Granodiorite Rather Massive
Type: L
Description: Veins Trend N30w To N60w
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Cobaltite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): WORK WAS DONE ON THE COMBINATION CLAIM IN THE 1890'S TO EARLY 1900'S. MINE WAS CLOSED ABOUT 1904. REOPENED IN 1951. GROUP OF UNPATENTED MINING CLAIMS CALLED COMBINATION, SUN CLOUD, ELECTRIC STORM, JUNIPER, JUNIPER EXTENSION, CONQUISTADOR, PORCUPINE, AND ST. PATRICK
Comment (Deposit): SECONDARY URANIUM MINERALS, CARNOTITE AND TYUYAMUNITE, PRESENT
Comment (Workings): 300 FOOT INCLINE SHAFT (1956);
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC GRANODIORITE
Comment (Location): 0.8 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE RUTH MINE. LOCATION DATA FROM USGS BULL 782. GEOLOGIC MAP.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USGS GQ MAP GQ-997
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