The Delta Mine is a gold mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,791 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: 1,791 Feet (546 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.32889, -112.09750
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Delta Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Delta Mine
Secondary: Max Delta
Secondary: Ace
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Salt River Mountains District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Flagg, A. L.
Years: 1953 -
Owner Name: Mc Intosh, H. B.
Years: 1953 -
Owner Name: Mc Lean, C. E.
Years: 1953 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1913
Year Last Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1895
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: North-Northwest-Striking Dikes And Fractures
Type: L
Description: North-Northwest Fractures, Strong Local Disturbance On Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyrite Locally Altered To Limonite And Hematite. Wall Rocks-Sericitic Alteration
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): CLAIMS EXTEND INTO SECTION 18 OF T.15 R3E AND SECTIONS 13 AND 24 OF T.15 R.2E; MAIN WORKINGS IN SECTION 19, T.15 R.3E; UTM'S MEASURED TO ADIT SYMBOL. INFO FROM LAND.ST :01; 40 (1964)
Comment (Development): 9 PATENTED CLAIMS AND 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS (DELTA, DELTA NO. 2,3,4, HALL, RICHARD STANTON, SILAS SHOEMAKER, MAXIMILLION, MONTANA, LAGGAT, ORO GRANDE); PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE MAX DELTA GOLD MINING CO. (1910'S), ACE MINING COMPANY (1920'S AND 30'S) (H.P. MCINTOSH, CLAUDE MCLEAN, WILLIAM SNOW, OWNERS; HOWARD GENTRY, MANAGER), PARKVIEW MINING CO. (1940'S)
Comment (Deposit): DELTA VEIN SYSTEM CONSISTS OF 3 INTERSECTING VEINS WITH STRIKE AND DIPS OF N 60 W 5ONE, N 30 W 6ONE, N 10 W 20 TO 40 NE; WEST DELTA VEIN SYSTEM STRIKES NW ALSO BUT DIPS SW STOCK WORKS UP TO 8 FT WIDE ARE QUARTZ RICH. COARSE GRAYISH WHITE QUARTZ WITH IRREGULAR BUNCHES AND DISSEMINATIONS OF PYRITE.
Comment (Workings): MAIN WORKINGS ON THE DELTA CLAIM INCLUDE A 500 FOOT INCLINED SHAFT WITH 2500 FT OF LATERAL WORK; TWO ADITS FROM NORTH INTERCEPT SHAFT AT 50 AND 100 FEET; OTHER WORKINGS ON OTHER CLAIMS INCLUDE 62 FOOT TUNNEL WITH 200 FEET OF DRIFTING, 400 FOOT TUNNEL WITH 100 FEET OF CROSSCUTTING, 100 FOOT SHAFT, 124 FOOT SHAFT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S
Comment (Geology): GOLD-QUARTZ VEINS OCCUR IN PRECAMBRIAN ESTRELLA GNEISS ADJACENT TO MICRODIORITE DIKES AND NEAR TELEGRAPH PASS GRANITE. VEINS OCCUR IN EXTENSION FRACTURES THAT ARE RELATED TO MIDDLE TERTIARY EXTENSION (METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX)
References
Reference (Deposit): REYNOLDS, S.J., 1982, GEOLOGY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE SOUTH MOUNTAINS, CENTRAL ARIZONA: TUCSON, UNIV. OF ARIZONA PH. D. DISSERTATION, 220 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 137, P. 166-167.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 140, P. 94.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.
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