Premier Group

The Premier Group is a gold mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,199 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

Name: Premier Group  

State:  Arizona

County:  Gila

Elevation: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 33.08083, -110.77139

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Premier Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Premier Group
Secondary: Santa Montica Camp
Secondary: Santa Monica Camp


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Zinc


Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Banner District


Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: S. O. Stewart
Years: 1925 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Type: L
Description: Nnw Trending Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Copper
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Jasper
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Goethite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Workings): ADITS & DRIFTS; SEVERAL PITS OPEN CUT ABOUT 25 FT LONG WITH A DRI FT FROM ONE END EXTENDING 20 FT TO THE EAST AND A WINZE 12 FT DEEP AT THE END OF THE DRIFT

Comment (Geology): NATIVE GOLD OCCURS IN THIN SEAMS WITH FE & MN OXIDES

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M000499 WITH RE CORD M030435 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS. RECORD # D000092 BY RICHARD P. FISCHER HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Production): ABOUT $70,000 WORTH OF GOLD WAS REPORTED PRODUCED FROM ONE OF THE MAIN WORKINGS

Comment (Development): 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS


References

Reference (Deposit): BANKS & KRIEGER, 1977, USGS MAP GQ-1391

Reference (Deposit): ANTHONY ET AL, 1977, MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA: UNIV OF AZ PRESS

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, 1925, USGS BULL 771

Reference (Production): BANKS & KRIEGER, 1977


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