The Portmanteau Mine is a gold mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,301 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: 4,301 Feet (1,311 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.88917, -111.85750
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Portmanteau Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Portmanteau Mine
Secondary: Gold Hill Mine
Secondary: Van Buskirk
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Cave Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mississippi Valley Trust Co.
Years: 1937 -
Owner Name: R. B. Van Buskirk (Nickolson Mining Co.)
Years: 1937 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1920
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: Small Granite Pod Surrounded By Acteres Shale, Siltstone. Ne Trending Tert Fractures In Area. Tert Basalts Cap Mesas Locally Large Out Crop Extent Of 1.2 By Caxe Creek Quartz Monzonite Begins 1 1/2 Miles S. Of Mine
Type: L
Description: Granitic Intrusion Into Prec Sediments. Intrusive Outcrop Is 1/3 Mile In Length, E-W Elongated, And 1/6 Mile Wide. Mine Is At West End Of Intrusion
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Development): CLAIMS INCLUDE THE PORTMANTEAU, RAVEN, DAVIS, LYON, LEGAL TENDER, FAIRVIEW
Comment (Workings): TUNNELS
Comment (Geology): TWO OTHER SIMILAR GRANITE PODS W OF MINE TERTLARY MINERALLZATION PROBABLE, AS IS PROBABLE AGE OF GRANITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): DEWITT, ED, 1981, UNPUBLISHED MAPPING
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