Silver Flake Mine

The Silver Flake Mine is a gold, lead, and zinc mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,801 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

Name: Silver Flake Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Lead, Zinc

Lat, Long: 34.4725, -112.47306

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Silver Flake Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Silver Flake Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Cobalt


Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Groom Creek District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Julian Sanchez
Years: 1951 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1954
Discovery Year: 1885
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: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Granodiorite Rather Massive

Type: L
Description: Veins Trend N30w To N60w


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Cobaltite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Development): WORK WAS DONE ON THE COMBINATION CLAIM IN THE 1890'S TO EARLY 1900'S. MINE WAS CLOSED ABOUT 1904. REOPENED IN 1951. GROUP OF UNPATENTED MINING CLAIMS CALLED COMBINATION, SUN CLOUD, ELECTRIC STORM, JUNIPER, JUNIPER EXTENSION, CONQUISTADOR, PORCUPINE, AND ST. PATRICK

Comment (Deposit): SECONDARY URANIUM MINERALS, CARNOTITE AND TYUYAMUNITE, PRESENT

Comment (Workings): 300 FOOT INCLINE SHAFT (1956);

Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC GRANODIORITE

Comment (Location): 0.8 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE RUTH MINE. LOCATION DATA FROM USGS BULL 782. GEOLOGIC MAP.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S


References

Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): USGS GQ MAP GQ-997


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