The Whipshaw Mine is a copper and gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,100 Feet (945 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 34.04694, -112.48028
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Whipshaw Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Whipshaw Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Castle Creek 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
Owner Name: C. L. Dunbar; W. J. Johnson
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1931
Year Last Production: 1937
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Schist Trends N20e To N50e. Tertiary Volcanics Dip Ne, Strike Nw
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Low-Angle (Less Than 50 Deg) Faults Which Trend Nw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Fe-Staining
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Specularite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1.5 MILES NW OF BLACK BUTTE (3753)
Comment (Development): 13 CLAIMS, DUMMEY, UNKLEJOHN, MASSADE, K-2-TO R, REDCROSS, BLUNDERBUSS, STAR, MERRIMAC, SIDELINE, MAUDS, BROOKLYN, AND THE TWO MAIN SHAFTS ARE ON THE PATANKA TO THE S AND THE ATLANTA TO THE N
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN LOCALIZED ALONG LOW-ANGLE FAULT WHICH PROBABLY DISPLACES TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS TO THE SE. DEPOSIT AGE PROBABLY MIOCENE
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 185
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P. 62
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