The Bulldog Mine is a gold mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,051 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: 2,051 Feet (625 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.46194, -111.51028
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Bulldog Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bulldog Mine
Secondary: Bulldog and Enterprise Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Goldfield District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
Year Last Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1892
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Andesite And Basalt Complex, Layers Generally Wnw Strike, 30 Ne Dip
Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Faults, N-S Dikes. Volcanic Complex Exposed 100 M Nw Of Mine On Blue Ridge
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN BULLDOG CANYON, 1 MILE WEST OF TOWN OF GOLDFIELD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED SCHILL BROTHERS AND T.W. BEAUCHEMIN, O.D. MERRILL
Comment (Deposit): ORE ZONE AVERAGE WIDTH 10 FT. ENTERPRISE VEIN, 5 TO 6 FT IN WIDTH, RUNS PARALLEL TO BULLDOG VEIN
Comment (Workings): MAIN SHAFT 100 FT, OTHER SHAFTS 30-100 FT. 700 FT WORKINGS AT 50 FT LEVEL, 800 FT OF WORKINGS AT 100 FT. LEVEL-ALL FROM 1918 DESCRIPTION OF MINE
Comment (Geology): GRANITE AGE UNCERTAIN HERE, BUT IS PROBABLY PRECAMBRIAN
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ADMR BULLDOG MINE FILE
Reference (Deposit): SHERIDAN, M.F.,1968. VOLCANIC GEOLOGY ALONG THE WESTERN PART OF THE APACHE TRAIL. IN ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY S. ARIZONA GUIDE BOOK III, P. 227-229.
Reference (Deposit): FODOR, 1969, PETROLOGY AND PETROGRAPHY OF THE VOLCANIC ROCKS IN THE GOLDFIELD MOUNTAINS, AZ, MS THESIS, AZ STATE UNIV
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