Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver, Copper
TertiaryLead, Quartz, Vanadium, Manganese, Zinc
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formSEAMS, TABULAR
Ore controlOre Is In Brecciated Rhyolite Above Schist Footwall; Faults
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Gold, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
GangueKaolinite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockDiabase,Rhyolite
StructureTert Volcanic Rocks Overlie Prec Schist. Volcanic Rocks Trend Nw, Dip Ne, Faults
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationAlteration Assemblages Include Quartz-Kaolinite-Alunite, Kaolinite-Iron Oxide, And Silica.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1942
Discovery year1868
Identification
Deposit ID10056391
MRDS IDTC00057
Alternate namesCharles Black Claims, Gnome Development, G.W. Mining and Minerals Co., Pitt Mine, Grande Group, Newsboy Group
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates33.84839, -112.66964
References
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILEABGMT - USBM FILE DATAADMR FILE DATA (NEWSBOY AND G.W. MINING AND MINERALS CO.)REHRIG, W.A., SHAFIQUIILLAH, M., AND DAMON, P.E., 1980, GEOCHRONOLOGY, GEOLOGY, AND LISTRIC FAULTING OF THE VULTURE MOUNTAINS, MARICOPA COUNTY: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST, V. 12, P. 89-110.REYNOLDS, S.J., ED., 1990, FIELD GUIDE TO THE NEW WADDELL DAM SITE, VULTURE-HIEROGLYPHIC MOUNTAINS AREA, AND MYSTIC, CLEMONTINE, NEWSBOY, AND YARNELL GOLD DEPOSITS, CENTRAL ARIZONA: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD TRIP, DECEMBER 8 AND 9, 1990.THE MINING RECORD, 1991, FEASIBILITY STUDY ON NEWSBOY GOLD MINE NEARS COMPLETION: THE MINING RECORD, FEBRUARY 20, 1991, P. 51.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.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.CIMRIAZGS FILESSAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.