Rackensack Mine

The Rackensack Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,199 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: Rackensack Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Maricopa

Elevation: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 33.90083, -111.85028

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Rackensack Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rackensack Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Lead


Location

State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Cave Creek District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Owner Name: Edeline, George
Years: 1973 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Year Last Production: 1951
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: R
Description: Ne Trending Fractures And Dikes, Probably Tert In Age

Type: L
Description: Granitic Intrusion At Gold Hill, Related Ne Fracturing


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): NEAR RACKENSACK GULCH. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDE DAVID KYLE, C.C. HEWINS, J.K. VERKROOST, ALBERT, EDWARDS MINING CO., LEO L. FARRINGTON, BROWN; MAY HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE DALLAS-FORTWORTH; PROPERTY INCLUDED 3 CLAIMS AND A MILL SITE ALONG WITH 3 MORE ADJOINING CLAIMS

Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS IN MONZONITE DIKE CONTACTING PORPHYRY AND SCHIST

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE THE VERKROOST AND KILE TUNNELS, AS WELL AS A WINZE AND SOME DRIFTING.

Comment (Geology): AGES IN AREA UNKNOWN, BUT FRACTURING IS APPARENTLY TERT, THIS PROBABLY MINERALIZATION IS ALSO TERTIARY


References

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Deposit): DEWITT, ED, 1981, UNPUB MAPPING.

Reference (Deposit): ARIZ BUREAU MINES BULL 137, P. 165.

Reference (Deposit): ARIZ BUREAU MINES BULL 180, P. 106.

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE.


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