The Big Chief Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,240 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: 6,240 Feet (1,902 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.41583, -112.49472
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Big Chief Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Chief Mine
Secondary: Big Chief Group
Secondary: Railroad Patented Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Hassayampa District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: W. Lambuth, G. Kohlburner, Big Chief Gold Mining Co.
Years: 1941 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1921
Year Last Production: 1942
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 N-S To N10w
Type: L
Description: Dikes And Veins Parallel Foliation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Name: Amphibolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1760.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1760.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1760.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1760.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Meta-Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Meta-Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Name: Meta-Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1760.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM MEASURED TO SHAFT; THERE IS AN ADIT TO THE SE OF THE SHAFT
Comment (Development): ONE PATENTED CLAIM = RAILROAD. PRODUCTION BEGAN BEFORE 1921, WHEN A SHAFT AND SMALL TUNNEL WERE PRESENT
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS PARALLEL TO INDEPENDENCE VEIN
Comment (Workings): SHAFT 35 FT DEEP
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC AND METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS. RHYOLITE PORPHYRY DIKES OF PROBABLE LCRET-TERT AGE ASSOCIATED WITH VEINS
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): YAVAPAI MAGAZINE, 1921, V. IX, NO. 6, P. 10-11
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