Arizona · Gila County
Producer

Spring Creek Mine

Gila County, Arizona, United States
GoldLeadCopperSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryGold, Lead
SecondaryCopper, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENSES, STRINGERS, MAINLY LENTICULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsCerussite, Copper
GangueLimonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSchist · Pinal Schist
StructureSchistosity Of Pinal Schist Generally Trends N40-60e. Schist Is Overlain By Scanlon Conglomerate About 100 Ft Thick. Unconformably Above Is A Tert Basalt Flow. S Of The Deposit Is A Mass Of Prec Quartz Porphyry. Prec Apache Group Is Exposed In The Region, But Is Missing Near The Mine, Veins Are Structurally Undisturbed Locally, Although There May Be A Fault Along Spring Creek
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1926
Last production1931
Identification
Deposit ID10046309
MRDS IDM241213
Alternate namesYankee Dollar, Old Mankins Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates34.07729, -111.07653
References
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATAADMR SPRING CREEK MINE FILEABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE