Hercules Mine

The Hercules Mine is a gold mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,949 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: Hercules Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  La Paz

Elevation: 1,949 Feet (594 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 33.77028, -113.55000

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Hercules Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Hercules Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron


Location

State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Harquahala District


Land Status

Land ownership: State
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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1950
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

Form: LINEAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: There Is Little Continuity To The Quartz Lenses, Postmineral Faulting Having Taken Place Along Both The Dip And The Strike Of The Veins


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 2670 TONS OF ORE AND SILICEOUS GOLD FLUX AVERAGING ABOUT .25 OZ AU/TON, .27 OZ AG/TON, AND 1 1/4 TONS OF CU


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Development): WORKED PRIOR TO 1900 AND SPORADICALLY FROM 1934 THROUGH 1950; PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDE J.B. SHARP, TOM ROGERS, J.J. ROGERS, LEO FARRINGTON, JOHN R. SHANLEY.

Comment (Workings): THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY TWO SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFTS

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ALONG OVERTHRUST FAULT THAT PLACES PREC METAMORPHICS OVER PAL-MES SEDIMENTS; MINERALIZATION LOCALLY ASSOCIATED WITH MICRODIORITE DIKES 20 TO 20 MY IN AGE.


References

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION FILE DATA

Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 451, P. 109

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 140, P. 104

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P. 132


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