The Congress Extension Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,320 feet.
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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: 3,320 Feet (1,012 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.20222, -112.85917
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Congress Extension Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Congress Extension Mine
Secondary: Senate Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Martinez District
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
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
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Granite Is Massive And Unfoliated
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Andesite Dikes Which Trend E-W And Dip At Low Angles, Less Than 40 Deg
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): ITEM ( 8 ) IS ESTIMATED FROM YEARLY PRODUCTION OF 35 TO 80 TONS OF ORE FROM 1923 - 1936 .
Comment (Deposit): 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): WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137 , P. 73
Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 137 , P. 73
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