The Powers Mine is a gold mine located in Graham county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,499 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
Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 32.59278, -110.34472
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Powers Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Powers Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Graham
District: Rattlesnake District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: USBM-ABGMT List As Past Operators; Powers Gold And Development Co., And Consolidated Galiuro Gol
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1908
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: LINEAR
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE CONSISTS OF BRECCIATED, SILICIFIED RHYOLITE WITH SMALL, SCATTERED BUNCHES OF LIMONITE AND CHRYSOCOLLA.
Comment (Location): N-NW OF THE LONG TOM MINE.
Comment (Production): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA SHOWS PRODUCTION FROM 1932 TO 1940. WILSON (1934) REPORTED THAT PRIOR TO 1918, THE POWERS FAMILY AND OTHERS WORKED THE MINE ON A SMALL SCALE AND MILLED SOME ORE WITH ARRASTRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P. 193.
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA.
Reference (Production): A. B. M. 137 , P. 193 .
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