Newsboy Mine

The Newsboy Mine is a gold mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,860 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Newsboy Mine
Secondary: Pitt Mine
Secondary: G.W. Mining and Minerals Co.
Secondary: Charles Black Claims
Secondary: Gnome Development
Secondary: Grande Group
Secondary: Newsboy Group

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Quartz
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Vulture District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: G. W. Mining And Minerals Co. (Charles Black, Fred Plummer, Jerry Mills)

Owner Name: G. W. Mining And Minerals Co.
Years: 1975 -

Owner Name: Wounded Bull Resources, Inc.
Info Year: 1991

Owner Name: Westmont Mining Co.
Years: 1975 -

Owner Name: Checkmate Resources
Years: 1975 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1868
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: SEAMS, TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Tert Volcanic Rocks Overlie Prec Schist. Volcanic Rocks Trend Nw, Dip Ne

Type: L
Description: Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alteration Assemblages Include Quartz-Kaolinite-Alunite, Kaolinite-Iron Oxide, And Silica.

Rocks

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Vanadinite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Kaolinite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): THE REPORTED FIGURE IS FOR DRILLED RESERVES-- A LARGER RESOURCE OF LOWER GRADE MATERIAL EXISTS. THE DEPOSIT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED BY REYNOLDS IN 1990 TO CONTAIN 2 TO 5 MILLION TONS OF ORE AT A GRADE OF 0.04 0Z/T AU.

Comment (Deposit): PIT FOR KAOLIN IS ADJACENT TO EAST OF SILVER WORKINGS. PRE-TERTIARY BEDROCK IN THE VULTURE MOUNTAINS CONSISTS OF PROTEROZOIC CRYSTALLINE ROCKS THAT ARE INTRUDED BY CRETACEOUS GRANITOIDS. THESE ROCKS ARE INTRUDED BY TERTIARY DIKES AND OVERLAIN BY EARLY TO MIDDLE MIOCENE SEDIMENTARY AND VOLCANIC ROCKS. THE VULTURE MOUNTAINS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY SEVERE MIOCENE EXTENSION, AND MIDDLE MIOCENE AND OLDER ROCKS ARE TYPICALLY CUT BY SOUTHWEST-DIPPING NORMAL FAULTS AND TILTED MODERATELY TO STEEPLY TO THE EAST OR NORTHEAST. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Production): HIGHGRADE ORE OF UNKNOWN GRADE AND QUANTITY WAS MINED IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE PROPERTY (1914-1940).

Comment (Development): CONSISTS OF 23 CLAIMS (UNPATENTED); OWNED IN 1940'S THROUGH 1960'S BY M.D. PITT; OPERATORS INCLUDE H.K. THOMAS, F.G. PEARSON, RHET DAWN, DAVID STRONG, E.S. CHAFEY, GEORGE DILLARD, F.G. MITTE; CONTROLLED AT SOME TIME BY THE GNOME DEVELOPMENT CO. GOLD IS CONCENTRATED IN SILICIFIED ROCKS ALONG AND FOR SEVERAL TENS OF FEET ABOVE THE BASAL FAULT. DRILL-HOLE ASSAYS CLEARLY INDICATE THAT THE ANOMALOUS GOLD CONCENTRATIONS EXTEND LOCALLY DOWNWARD INTO THE FOOTWALL PROTEROZOIC ROCKS. 1991 - PERMITTING, A FEASIBILITY STUDY, AN ORE RESERVE AUDIT, AND DETAILED METALLURGICAL TESTING IN PROGRESS. ; ECON.COM: STRIPPPING RATIO 2:1, 25% RECOVERY OF AG, 90% RECOVERY OF AU, CUTOFF GRADE 0.028-0.03 OZ/T. TESTS SHOWED RECOVERIES RANGING FROM 79% TO 87% AT -100 MESH. CYANIDE CONSUMPTIONS RANGED FROM 0.05 TO 0.33 KGS/T OF ORE.

Comment (Deposit): ORE IS IN BRECCIATED RHYOLITE ABOVE SCHIST FOOTWALL.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): CUTOFF AT 0.6 G/T AU.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE OPEN PIT, A 480 FOOT ADIT, A 110 FOOT ADIT, A 200 FOOT DEEP INCLINED SHAFT WITH 500 FEET OF DRIFTING AT THE BOTTOM, SEVERAL SMALLER SHAFTS (45 FT, 22 FT, 40 FT)

Comment (Geology): ALKALI RHYOTITES IN RANGE HAVE BEEN DATED AT 16-25 M.Y., SO MINERALIZATION AGE AND AGE OF RHYOLITE ARE PROBABLY MIOCENE. NO DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAP OF AREA.

Comment (Location): WEST SIDE OF AGUA FRIA RIVER; SOUTHEAST OF THE MONTAZUMA MINE. THE DEPOSIT IS REACHED BY LEAVING ROUTE 60 AT MORRISTOWN AND DRIVING TWO MILES SW ON THE UNPAVED GATES ROAD TO THE E BANK OF THE HASSAYAMMPA RIVER. FINAL ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY IS VIA A TRACK ACROSS THE USUALLY-DRY BED OF THE RIVER. THE CENTER OF THE DRILL-DEFINED ORE BODY IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET BEYOND A CATTLE GUARD AT THE WEST BANK OF THE RIVER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

References

Reference (Deposit): REYNOLDS, S.J., ED., 1990, FIELD GUIDE TO THE NEW WADDELL DAM SITE, VULTURE-HIEROGLYPHIC MOUNTAINS AREA, AND MYSTIC, CLEMONTINE, NEWSBOY, AND YARNELL GOLD DEPOSITS, CENTRAL ARIZONA: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD TRIP, DECEMBER 8 AND 9, 1990.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, 1991, FEASIBILITY STUDY ON NEWSBOY GOLD MINE NEARS COMPLETION: THE MINING RECORD, FEBRUARY 20, 1991, P. 51.

Reference (Deposit): NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reference (Deposit): SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): AZGS FILES

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT - USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA (NEWSBOY AND G.W. MINING AND MINERALS CO.)

Reference (Deposit): REHRIG, W.A., SHAFIQUIILLAH, M., AND DAMON, P.E., 1980, GEOCHRONOLOGY, GEOLOGY, AND LISTRIC FAULTING OF THE VULTURE MOUNTAINS, MARICOPA COUNTY: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST, V. 12, P. 89-110.

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