The Congres Mine, Patented 878 is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,360 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,360 Feet (1,024 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.2008, -112.84970
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Congres Mine, Patented 878 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Congres Mine, Patented 878
Secondary: Fraction, Patented 883
Secondary: Niagra
Secondary: Herskowitz Property
Secondary: Niagara
Secondary: Congress
Secondary: Queen of the Hills
Secondary: Golden Key
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Feldspar
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Uranium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Martinez District
Land Status
Land ownership: Mixed
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Echo Bay Mines, Ltd.
Info Year: 1988
Production
Year: 1910
Time Period: 1899-1910
Description: 1899-1910 692322 St Ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1887
Discovery Year: 1887
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Goethite
Unknown: Liebigite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ECHO BAY IS MINING A WESTWARD EXTENSION OF THE NIAGARA VEIN. EXPLORATION WAS DONE IN 1984-85, AND PRODUCTION BEGAN IN MARCH 1988. ECHO BAY REFERS TO THAT OPERATION AS NEW CONGRESS. SEE SEQUENCE NUMBER 0040250537.
Comment (Geology): STRIKE IS E-W AND DIP IS 20-30 DEGREES N.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): POSSIBLE RESOURCES AT THE CONGRESS MINE ARE UNKNOWN, BUT IN MID-1988, ECHO BAY MINES, LTD. WAS CONSIDERING STARTING AN EXPLORATION PROGRAM TO DETERMINE WHETHER MINABLE RESOURCES MIGHT STILL EXIST AT THE PROPERTY.
References
Reference (Deposit): ADMR CONGRESS MINE FILE
Reference (Deposit): METZGER O H GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE WICKENBURG AREA
Reference (Deposit): USBM 1C 6991 1938 P 45
Reference (Deposit): WILSON E D ETAL AZ LODE GOLD MINES AZBM BUL 137 1934 P 69
Reference (Deposit): ADMR NIAGARA MINE & MILL FILE
Reference (Deposit): REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR OF ARIZONA 1899 P 54-56
Reference (Deposit): ADMR GOLDEN KEY FILE
Reference (Deposit): MILLS, B.A. (DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT, ECHO BAY
Reference (Deposit): LAND ALSO SEC 13,14,15 AND 23
Reference (Deposit): USGS CONGRESS QUAD
Reference (Deposit): MINES, LTD.). PRIVATE COMMUNICATION, 1988; AVAILABLE UPON
Reference (Deposit): REQUEST FROM M.B. SAWYER, BUMINES, DENVER, CO.
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINING DIST SHEETS 309,310
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