The Button Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,600 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: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.16583, -112.40500
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Button Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Button Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Minnehaha District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Bledsoe, William
Years: 1964 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
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 Grandiorite Trends N10e To N25e
Type: L
Description: Veins Crosscut Or Parallel Folliation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Amphibolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1765.000000+-5.000000
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION OF THE MAP HAS NOT BEEN SURVEYED. LOCATED 0.3 MILES NORTH OF THE SITE OF OLD MINNEHAHA
Comment (Development): THE MINE WAS ACTIVE IN OCT. 1961, FEB. 1962, AND OCT. 1962, MR BLEDSOE COMPLETED A 200 FT. INCLINED SHAFT AND WAS WORKING A SMALL 1 TON/DAY MILL (1966). NO PRODUCTION DATA GIVEN FOR THE 1960'S
Comment (Deposit): NO INFORMATION ON DEPOSIT
Comment (Workings): 200 FT INCLINE SHAFT COMPLETED IN 1966.
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC GRANODIORITE
References
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 782, P.177-178
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P.60
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
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