Arizona · Maricopa County
Past Producer

Vulture Mine

Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
GoldLeadSilverCopperLithiumVanadiumZinc
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Description

Henry Wickenburg

Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryLead, Silver, Copper
TertiaryLithium, Vanadium, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlEw Shear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Electrum, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite, Spodumene, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
GangueCalcite, Iron, Quartz, Sericite
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockMafic Intrusive Rock,Schist,Granite
StructureFault Zone Parallels Lamination In Schist; 2 Large Faults: Talmadge (Dips 80ne) And Astor (Parallels Talmadge)
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1863
Last production1966
Discovery year1863
Identification
Deposit ID10027543
MRDS IDM003317
Alternate namesCustrer, Texona, East Vulture, Vulture West Extension, Vindicator Group, Sherman, Pit Gold, Van Buren, Astor, Conkling, Hamilton, Talmage, Jane Elmore, SheridanElmore, Black Hawk, Texhoma, Cook, Peach, Finlayson, Taxona
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.82145, -112.83575
References
WILSON AND OTHERS, 1934, ABM BULLETIN 137, P. 157-162.HUTCHINSON, 1921, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. III, NO. 7, P. 298-302.ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL AND MINING JOURNAL, VARIOUS ISSUES, 1920'S & 1930ADMR FILE DATAARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST, V. 12, 1980, P. 93 & MAP.SPENCER, J.E., REYNOLDS, S.J., GRUBENSKY, M.J., DUNCAN, J.T., AND WHITE, D.C., 1989, GEOLOGY OF THE VULTURE GOLD MINE: ARIZONA GEOLOGY, V. 19, NO. 4, P. 1-4.WHITE, D.C., 1989, GEOLOGY OF THE VULTURE MINE: MINING ENGINEERING, NOVEMBER, 1989, P. 1119-1122.USGS, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, AND U.S.S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, 1969, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, 638 P.ROSS, C.P., 1923, USGS WATER SUPPLY PAPER 498.JOHNSON, WAYNE, 1985, THE VULTURE: CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL, V. 55, NO. 2, P. 8-11.NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.CIMRIABM FILE DATA; WHITE, 1988, P. 1120; SPENCER AND OTHERS, 1989; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.NIEMUTH, 1987.