The Tamarack Group is a gold mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,598 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: 2,598 Feet (792 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.94194, -112.56778
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Tamarack Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tamarack Group
Secondary: Possibly Same As White Cloud Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: White Picacho 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: D. G. Mcmillan
Years: 1959 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.75% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002844 WITH RECORD M800121 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T. G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS IN EPIDOTE-GARNET ZONE AND CONFORMS TO BEDDING AND CLEAVAGE IN THE SCHIST.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD MAY HAVE BEEN PRODUCED, NO W PRODUCED
Comment (Development): 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): 2 INACCESSIBLE INCLINED SHAFTS, NUMEROUS SHALLOW PROSPECT SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): BELL, 1947, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 384.
Reference (Deposit): DALE, 1959, USBM RI 5516, P. 33-34.
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