The Golden Wave Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,881 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,881 Feet (1,183 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.21833, -112.85306
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Golden Wave Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Wave Mine
Secondary: Rees
Secondary: Reese
Secondary: Coronado
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Martinez District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: F. C. Hoeppner And B. A. Gillespie-1941
Owner Name: James Rees
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1934
Year Last Production: 1938
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: Granite Is Massive And Unfoliated
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Andesite Dikes Which Trend E-W To Ne And Dip At Low Angles, Less Than 40 Deg.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION TAKEN TO CENTER OF SHAFT ON EAST SLOPE OF HILL. THERE IS A SECOND SHAFT DOWN HILL TO THE NORTHEAST AND TWO ADITS TO NORTH WEST ON THE NEXT HILL. ONE OF THESE ADITS IS LOCATED IN SECTION 10 SE.
Comment (Development): 13 CLAIMS INCLUDING MARTINEZ, LAST CHANCE AND GOLDEN WAVE
Comment (Deposit): VEIN RUNS PARALLEL TO THE VEINS FOR THE CONGRESS MINE
Comment (Workings): MAIN SHAFT IS 1180 FT DEEP WITH DRIFTS TO THE SE AND NW AT THE 300 FT AND 500 FT LEVELS, AS WELL AS A CROSSCUT OF 700 FT FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE SURFACE. ADDITIONAL SHAFTS VARY FROM 50 TO 300 FT.
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE. VEIN USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH ANDESITE AND MAFIC DIKES WHICH DIP SHALLOWLY TO THE NORTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USBM INFO. CIRC. IC 6991, P.39
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