The Mountainside Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,239 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: 4,239 Feet (1,292 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.16667, -112.72000
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Mountainside Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mountainside Mine
Secondary: Mountainside Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Rich Hill District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: George B. Upton
Years: 1946 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1934
Year Last Production: 1946
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 Metamorphic Rocks Trends N10e To N25e; Granitic Rocks Unfoliated
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Mafic Dikes Which Trend Northeast And Dip At Low Angles, Usually Less Than 40 Degree.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Sericite Along Vein Walls
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION MEASURED TO CENTER OF GROUP OF THREE ADITS AT THE END OF ATRAIL NEAR THE MIDDLE OF EAST EDGE OF SECTION. ADDITIONAL ADITS ON HILLSIDE TO SOUTH MAY ALSO BE PART OF THE MINE. LOCATION AS PLOTTED MAY BE SLIGHTLY TOO FAR NORTH
Comment (Development): MINE MAY BE ON PATENTED CLAIM NAMED MOUNTAINEER OR GOLDEN MOUNTAINSIDE
Comment (Deposit): VEIN POSSIBLY NOT ASSOCIATED WITH MAFIC DIKE.
Comment (Workings): 1100 FOOT LONG CROSSCUT TUNNEL ON MOUNTAINSIDE GROUP CONNECTS WITH 400 FT SHAFT ON MAMIE CLAIM IN FAR SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SECTION 36
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN GRANITIC ROCKS. VEIN LOCALIZED ALONG SHALLOWLY-DIPPING ANDESITE AND DIORITE DIKES.
References
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): BARTH, C.G., 1932, UNPUBLISHED GEOLOGIC MAP, AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES.
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