Carnation Mine

The Carnation Mine is a copper and gold mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 879 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

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Site Name

Primary: Carnation Mine
Secondary: Empire
Secondary: Gray Eagle

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Cienega 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

Owner Name: Dan King
Years: 1971 -

Production

Year: 1929
Time Period: 1909-1929
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4 % Cu, 0.2 Oz Au/Ton, 0.05 Oz Ag/Ton

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Year Last Production: 1969
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

Form: IRREGULAR LENSES AND PODS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Nw-Trending Basin And Range Faults

Type: L
Description: Silicified Normal Fault Zone

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 8,000 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 4% CU, 0.2 OZ AU/TON, AND 0.05 OZ AG/TON.

Materials

Ore: Hematite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Copper
Ore: Siderite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Geology): ORE IS IN IRREGULAR, VUGGY, SILICEOUS REPLACEMENT BODIES IN FOLDED AND FAULTED PALEOZOIC OR MESOZOIC LIMESTONE; ORE IS ALSO FOUND IN IRREGULAR STRINGERS, FRACTURES, AND BRECCIA FILLINGS IN A STRONG, WIDE, SILICIFIED FAULT ZONE; STRONG FOLDING AND FRACTURING WITH NUMEROUS QUARTZ VEINS; BASALT CAPPING TO THE EAST; OREBODIES ARE WITHIN AND ABOVE THE CHLORITIC, MICROBRECCIATED DETACHMENT SURFACE.

Comment (Location): E OF BILLY MACK MOUNTAIN; S OF GIERS MOUNTAIN

Comment (Production): INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION FROM 1900 TO 1970'S.

Comment (Development): PROSPECTED AND MINED INTERMITTENTLY FROM EARLY 1900'S TO 1970'S; PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE; WATSON, EMPIRE ARIZONA CONSOLIDATED, COPPER CO., EMPIRE ARIZONA COPPER CO., HARRITT AND DAVIS, EMPIRE ARIZONA MINING CO., STRATEGIC METALS MINES, LUCKY TIGER COMBINATION GOLD MINING CO., CORNEJO, BAKER AND KING COPPER MINING CO., AMERICAN-ARIZONA METALS CO.; EMPIRE GROUP CONSISTED OF 19 CLAIMS

Comment (Deposit): 6 MAIN VEINS, FROM 1 TO 50 FEET IN WIDTH, TRACEABLE FOR 1500 TO 3000 FEET EACH.

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT WORK CONSISTS OF TUNNELS, OPEN CUTS, TEST PITS AND FOUR MAIN SHAFTS: 125 FT, 300 FT, 300 FT, AND 600 FT DEEP.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 451, P. 76

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 140, P. 104

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 192, P. 123

Reference (Deposit): WILKINS, J. AND HEIDRICK, T.L., 1982, BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION RELATED TO LOW-ANGLE TECTONIC FEATURES IN THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND BUCKSKIN MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA. IN: MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE COLORADO RIVER REGION, CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND NEVADA; CORDILLERAN PUBLISHERS; P. 182.

Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P.104. (10) KEITH, S.B., 1978.

Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA

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