Vulture

The Vulture is a silver and gold mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,080 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

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Site Name

Primary: Vulture
Secondary: Jane Elmore
Secondary: Astor
Secondary: Vulture Extension
Secondary: Cook
Secondary: Texona
Secondary: Hamilton
Secondary: Texhoma
Secondary: Custer
Secondary: Talmage
Secondary: Sheridan
Secondary: Elmore
Secondary: Van Buren
Secondary: Conkling
Secondary: Sherman
Secondary: Pit Gold
Secondary: East Vulture
Secondary: Black Hawk
Secondary: Peach
Secondary: Finlayson
Secondary: East Vulture Extension

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Iron
Secondary: Vanadium
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Lithium

Location

State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Vulture

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Budge Mining Ltd., A. F.
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1988

Owner Name: Vulture Mine Properties
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1988

Owner Name: L. W. Beal
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1976

Production

Year: 1907
Time Period: 1888-1907
Description: 1888-1907: $1,000,000 In Au.
Year: 1888
Time Period: 1879-1888
Description: 1879-1888: $2,000,000 In Au.
Year: 1868
Time Period: 1863-1868
Description: 1863-1868: $2,500,000 In Au.
Year: 1966
Time Period: 1863-1966
Description: 1863-1966 350000 Tr Oz Au, 435000 Tr Oz Ag

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1863
Discovery Year: 1863
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Wulfenite
Unknown: Vanadinite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Gold

Comments

Comment (Production): PAST PRODUCTION HAS BEEN FROM SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND METHODS. RECENT INTEREST HAS BEEN IN LEACHING. SEE SEQUENCE NUMBER 0040130839 FOR INFORMATION ON LEACHING OF TAILINGS. SURFACE ROTARY AND DIAMOND DRILLING WAS DONE, BUT SURFACE AND UNDER- GROUND RESERVES ARE NOT CURRENTLY ECONOMICAL FOR CYANIDE HEAP LEACHING. PROPERTY IS ALSO UNDER USGS MRDS ID NO. M003317.

References

Reference (Deposit): ADDITIONAL WORKINGS SEC 25,26,35,T6N,R6W;30,31,T6N,R5W

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NIEMUTH, N.J. ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986. AZ

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DEP. MINES AND MINER. RESOUR., REP. D-29(87), 1987, 46 PP.

Reference (Deposit): USGS 15 VULTURE MTNS MAP

Reference (Deposit): AZ.DEPT.MINERAL RES. VULTURE MINE FILE

Reference (Deposit): MOORE,R. & ROSEVEARE,G. AZ.B.M.#180,P260

Reference (Deposit): KOSCHMANN,A & BERGENDAHL,M.,USGS PP610,P40

Reference (Deposit): METZGER,O.H.USBM IC#6991,P47

Reference (Deposit): ADMR IND.MIN.RPT.P38

Reference (Deposit): BLM MINING DISTRICT SHEETS

Reference (Deposit): TENNEY,J. HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA

Reference (Deposit): ELSING,M.&HEINEMAN,R. AZ.B.M.#140,P94

Reference (Deposit): WILSON,E. CUNNINGHAM,J.& BUTLER,G. ABM#137,P157-162

Reference (Deposit): ADMR"U" FILES

Reference (Deposit): HINTON,R.J. 1000 OLD MINES,P78-79

Reference (Deposit): U.S.AEC FILE;172:484,P410

Reference (Deposit): FLAGG,A.L.,VANADIUM RPT.,BOOK V,PM1SC #4

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