Big Chief Mine

The Big Chief Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,240 feet.

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Mine Info

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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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