The Golden Central Mine is a copper, lead, gold, and silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,631 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,631 Feet (802 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 34.05306, -112.30583
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Golden Central Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Central Mine
Secondary: Gold Central
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Humbug District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Charles Champie, Phoenix, Az And Stockdale And Stivers,
Years: 1945 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
Discovery Year: 1897
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Xenoliths (Quartz-Mica Schist) Trends N 40-50 E
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Rhyolite Porphyry Dikes And Foliation In Precambrian Xenoliths
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization Adjacent To Some Dikes
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOLOGY SAME AS EL PERO BONITO MINE, WITH EXCEPTION OF NO RHYOLITE PORPHYRY DIKE
Comment (Deposit): GOLDEN CENTRAL CLAIMS ARE IN MOUNTAIN CHIEF CLAIM GROUP. EL PERO BONITO AND GOLDEN CENTRAL MAY BE CONNECTED BY 600 FOOT-LONG CROSSCUT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): LOCATED ADJACENT TO AND 500 FEET SOUTHEAST OF EL PERO BONITO MINE AND CLAIM. GOLDEN CENTRAL CLAIMS ARE IN MOUNTAIN CHIEF GROUP
Comment (Deposit): GOLDEN CENTRAL CLAIMS (NO. 1, 2) ARE ADJACENT TO AND SOUTHEAST OF EL PERO BONITO CLAIM AND MINE IN MOUNTAIN CHIEF GROUP. GOLDEN CENTRAL CLAIMS ARE UNPATENTED
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1890'S
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 140, P. 60-61
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
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