The Cumberland Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.36889, -112.35250
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Mine Description
The Cumberland, is described by Lindgren as follows: "The Cumberland mine is one mile north of Pine Flat and was last in operation about 1908. According to information obtained from T. Roach, of Pine Flat, this is a gold quartz vein striking a little east of north and dipping west. The shaft is 350 feet deep and there are short drifts. The shoot on the north is said to have continued to the lowest workings; it contains ore of $40 grade, which was treated in a 10-stamp mill at Pine Flat. The gold is reported as free and visible in places. The water level was found at a depth of 90 feet."
“It is probable that here, as in many other places, the conditions became unfavorable when the workings reached the Sulphide ore below water level. There is said to be placer ground in the vicinity of the Cumberland mine.”
Text from Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining, Arizona Bureau of Mines. Original 1934, revised 1967
Cumberland Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cumberland Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Pine Flat 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: W. A. Kirk
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Year Last Production: 1941
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 Rocks Trends N20e And Dips Steeplly Northwest
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Or Diverge From It At Slight Angles
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1770.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1770.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. LARAMIDE STOCK IS 0.2 MILES SOUTH OF MAIN WORKINGS OF CUMBERLAND
Comment (Commodity): ONLY OXIDIZED ORE MINED.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 150
Reference (Deposit): ELSING, M.J. AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936 , ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140 , P. 102
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Arizona Gold
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