Congres Mine, Patented 878

The Congres Mine, Patented 878 is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,360 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: Congres Mine, Patented 878
Secondary: Fraction, Patented 883
Secondary: Niagra
Secondary: Herskowitz Property
Secondary: Niagara
Secondary: Congress
Secondary: Queen of the Hills
Secondary: Golden Key

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Feldspar
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Uranium

Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Martinez District

Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
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: Echo Bay Mines, Ltd.
Info Year: 1988

Production

Year: 1910
Time Period: 1899-1910
Description: 1899-1910 692322 St Ore

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1887
Discovery Year: 1887
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

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Goethite
Unknown: Liebigite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Gold

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ECHO BAY IS MINING A WESTWARD EXTENSION OF THE NIAGARA VEIN. EXPLORATION WAS DONE IN 1984-85, AND PRODUCTION BEGAN IN MARCH 1988. ECHO BAY REFERS TO THAT OPERATION AS NEW CONGRESS. SEE SEQUENCE NUMBER 0040250537.

Comment (Geology): STRIKE IS E-W AND DIP IS 20-30 DEGREES N.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): POSSIBLE RESOURCES AT THE CONGRESS MINE ARE UNKNOWN, BUT IN MID-1988, ECHO BAY MINES, LTD. WAS CONSIDERING STARTING AN EXPLORATION PROGRAM TO DETERMINE WHETHER MINABLE RESOURCES MIGHT STILL EXIST AT THE PROPERTY.

References

Reference (Deposit): ADMR CONGRESS MINE FILE

Reference (Deposit): METZGER O H GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE WICKENBURG AREA

Reference (Deposit): USBM 1C 6991 1938 P 45

Reference (Deposit): WILSON E D ETAL AZ LODE GOLD MINES AZBM BUL 137 1934 P 69

Reference (Deposit): ADMR NIAGARA MINE & MILL FILE

Reference (Deposit): REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR OF ARIZONA 1899 P 54-56

Reference (Deposit): ADMR GOLDEN KEY FILE

Reference (Deposit): MILLS, B.A. (DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT, ECHO BAY

Reference (Deposit): LAND ALSO SEC 13,14,15 AND 23

Reference (Deposit): USGS CONGRESS QUAD

Reference (Deposit): MINES, LTD.). PRIVATE COMMUNICATION, 1988; AVAILABLE UPON

Reference (Deposit): REQUEST FROM M.B. SAWYER, BUMINES, DENVER, CO.

Reference (Deposit): BLM MINING DIST SHEETS 309,310

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