The Vulture Tailings is a gold mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,100 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,100 Feet (640 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.8206, -112.83890
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Vulture Tailings MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vulture Tailings
Secondary: Vulture Tailings Leach
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Vulture
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
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Ownership
Owner Name: Vulture Mine Properties, Inc.
Info Year: 1988
Owner Name: H. R. Palmer
Info Year: 1962
Owner Name: Budge (Mining), Ltd., A. F.
Info Year: 1988
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Unknown
Operation Type: Leach
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY IS ALSO UNDER USGS MRDS ID NO. M003317. VULTURE PROPERTY IS IN T6N, R6W, SECS. 25,26,35,36 AND T6N, R5W, SECS. 30,31. PRODUCTION FROM LEACHING OF TAILINGS WAS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE DURING THE SUMMER OF 1988. THE MAIN VULTURE MINE IS COVERED UNDER SEQUENCE NUMBER 0040130838. DIMENSIONS GIVEN APPLY ONLY TO THE TAILINGS RESERVE AND HAVE HAD THE THICKNESS ESTIMATED BASED ON A DENSITY OF 165 LB/CU-FT.
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NIEMUTH, N.J. ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986. AZ
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DEP. MINES AND MINER. RESOUR., REP. D-29(87), 1987, 46 PP.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR VULTURE TAILINGS MINE FILE
Reference (Deposit): TAILINGS FROM VULTURE MINE,SEC 36,T6N,R6W
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