The Alvarado Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,638 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,638 Feet (1,109 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.19583, -112.77722
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Alvarado Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alvarado Mine
Secondary: Planet Saturn
Secondary: Liberty Hills Gold
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Rich Hill District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Bill Muntz
Years: 1975 -
Owner Name: Liberty Hills Gold Mines (1960'S)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1935
Year Last Production: 1943
Discovery Year: 1905
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 Metamorphic Rocks Trends N10e To N25e; Granitic Rocks Unfoliated
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Mafic Dikes Which Trend Northeast And Dip At Low Angles, Usually Less Than 40 Degree.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Sericite Along Vein Walls
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN GRANITIC ROCKS. VEIN LOCALIZED ALONG SHALLOWLY-DIPPING ANDESITE AND DIORITE DIKES.
Comment (Deposit): RHYOLITE AND DIORITE DIKES PARALLEL THE QUARTZ VEIN. DIORITE MINERALIZED AND CONSTITUTES ORE. VEIN CUT BY FAULT WHICH TRENDS N70W, DIPPING 80N
Comment (Location): TWO ADITS LOCATED SIDE BY SIDE ON HILL NEAR BENCH MARK
Comment (Development): GROUP CONSISTS OF PATENTED CLAIMS PLANET, SATURN, COMET, AND JUPITER
Comment (Workings): 2 INCLINED SHAFTS, 800 AND 1300 FT DEEP. LEVELS ARE SPACED 100 FT APART
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM I.C. 6991, P. 43-46
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P. 68
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT. MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
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