Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold, Silica
SecondaryCopper, Lead
TertiaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR AND NARROW
Ore controlNw Trending Veins That Follow A Fault Fissure Of About 100 Ft Vertical Displacement
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz
GangueCalcite, Rhodochrosite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Andesite,Basalt
Associated rockDiabase · Tertiary Volcanic Flows
StructureFault Fissure Shears The Tertiary Tuffs/Flows And Forms Hogbacks In Places, Diabase Dike Follows The Hanging Wall Of The Fissure Vein And Separates Vein Material From The Hanging Wall Of The Fault; Diabase Fractures Easily And Has Made It Difficult To Mine The Subjacent Ores Cleanly
Tectonic settingAsh Peak; Transition Between Basin And Range And Colorado Plateau Provinces
AlterationQuartz Mineralization Altered And Cemented Fault Breccia; Further Faulting Was Followed By Further Mineralization And Alteration Of Fault Breccia
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1905
Last production1970
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10048297
MRDS IDM800429
Alternate namesCommerce and Shamrock MineShamrock Mine, Hardy Mine, Ash Peak Extension, Goldfield Extension
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.75733, -109.24897
References
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATAARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, ASH PEAK MINE, ASH PEAK TAILING DUMP AND MILL, ASH PEAK SILICA MINE, HARDY MINE.USBM FILES, SHAMROCK SHAFT, ASH PEAK MINES.U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7119.BLM DISTRICT SHEET 851.ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, ASH PEAK MINE, SHAMROCK MINE, VETA MINES INC, GOLDFIELD EXTENSION, ASH PEAK EXTENSION MINING CO, HARDY MINEU.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1200-AZ.NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILES.CIMRINIEMUTH, 1987.