Button Mine

The Button Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,600 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Button Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

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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