The Acquisition Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,150 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: 3,150 Feet (960 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.05944, -112.29611
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Acquisition Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Acquisition Mine
Secondary: Occident Group ?
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Humbug District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Acquisition Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1913
Year Last Production: 1938
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: Foliation In Precambrian Xenoliths (Quartz-Mica Schist) Trends N40e To N50e
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Rhyolite Prophyry Dikes And Foliation In Precambrian Xenoliths
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): 0.6 MILES NORTH OF LITTLE JOSEPH MINE. USGS BULL 782 SHOWS ACQUISITION MINE AT SITE OF LITTLE JOSEPH MINE. MILS SAYS LOCATION IS TO THE NORTH. NOT KNOWN WHETHER OCCIDENT GROUP IS SYNONYM OR NOT FOR ACQUISITION MINE
Comment (Development): LOCATED IN CARPENTER GULCH
Comment (Workings): ADIT TUNNEL 414 FT LONG ON OCCIDENT MINE
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN IN PORTEROZOIC QUARTZ MONZONITE. VEINS ARE NORMALLY PARALLEL AND ADJACENT TO CRET-PALEO RHYOLITE DIKES
References
Reference (Deposit): MILS LOCATION DATA
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 178-179
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