The Gold Bullion Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,240 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,240 Feet (1,597 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.59972, -112.05583
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Mine Description
The Gold Bullion, formerly know as the Copper Bullion property, is about 2 miles West-northwest of Cherry. During the early days, according to local reports, it was opened by a 660-foot incline and several hundred feet of shallower workings. These openings were on a steeply westward-dipping vein that pinches and swells to a maximum width of about 7 feet. As seen near the surface, it Consists of lenses of quartz together with locally abundant masses of hematite and limonite. The gold is very finely divided. In places, the quartz contains irregular bunches of partially oxidized galena. Copper stain is locally present. Since 1930, several cars of shipping ore have been mined from near the surface.
Text from Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining, Arizona Bureau of Mines. Original 1934, revised 1967
Gold Bullion Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Bullion Mine
Secondary: Copper Bullion Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Cherry Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Gold Bullion Min. Co.
Years: 1946 -
Owner Name: Gold Bullion Min. Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1932
Year Last Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1896
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: Quartz Diorite Unfoliated
Type: L
Description: Vein Parallels Granite Porphyry Dike
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fault Gouge
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1760.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1760.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM COORDINATES TO SHAFT ON NORTH-NORTHEAST SIDE OF CHERRY CREEK.
Comment (Development): 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): 2 VEINS ON PROPERTY. BOTH FOLLOW GRANITE PORPHYRY DIKES. VEIN RANGES FROM 4 TO 12 FT WIDE. GRANITE PORPHYRY DIKE 170 FT THICK
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT 100 FT DEEP, VERTICAL SHAFT 30 FT DEEP. MAIN ADIT 150 FT LONG
Comment (Geology): VEIN IN PROTEROZOIC QUARTZ DIORITE
Comment (Deposit): COPPER BULLION MINE (USBM-004 025 0554) IS LISTED AS SYNONYM FOR GOLD BULLION MINE. BECAUSE COMMODITY INFORMATION WAS SO DIFFERENT WE HAVE LISTED THE MINES SEPARATELY. THEY WERE PROBABLY THE SAME MINE, HOWEVER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS P.P. 308, P. 175
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT. MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA
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