The Bill Taft Mine is a gold mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,348 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: 1,348 Feet (411 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.26528, -113.36611
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Bill Taft Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bill Taft Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yuma
District: Gila Bend Mountains 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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: LINEAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: In General, The Schist Stands Nearly Vertical And Strikes N 60 E, But Considerable Local Irregularity Of Structure Is Evident
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Production): A LITTLE SURFACE GOLD ORE HAD BEEN MINED DURING 1909; SEVERAL SACKS OF PITCH GOLD ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1910
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE A 20 DEG W INCLINED SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, P. 145.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY NULLETIN 192, 185 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 145
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