Big Pine Mine

The Big Pine Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,499 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

Name: Big Pine Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 34.42556, -112.44417

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Mine Description

The Big Pine mine is about a mile west of the Senator, on the south side of Hassayampa Creek. Lindgren states that it “has four tunnels between altitudes of 7,000 and 7,400 feet and a 200 foot shaft with drifts 200 and 350 feet long. There is a cyanide plant on the property, which apparently has had little production. C. H. Dunning states that the vein occupies a fracture in quartz diorite and contains quartz and pyrite. The oxidation is said to be deep, and the ore shoots long and irregular. The vein strikes N. 35° W. and dips 70° NW. The ore is reported to contain $9 to the ton in gold and silver, about half of each by value.”

Text from Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining, Arizona Bureau of Mines. Original 1934, revised 1967

Big Pine Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Big Pine Mine
Secondary: St. Theresa ?


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Mount Union District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Lawe, A. W.
Years: 1944 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Year Last Production: 1918
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

Type: R
Description: Granodiorite Rather Massive

Type: L
Description: Veins Trend N30w To N15e


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 1770.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 1770.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: $ 9 PER TON AG, AU ( 1926 ), 1:1 RATIO


Materials

Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC GRANODIORITE

Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIMS - MAMMOTH, QUEEN, GRIZZLY, GOPHER, RUBY; UNPATENTED CLAIMS - GOLD STANDARD, GOLD EAGLE, PLURIBUS; OTHER CLAIMS AS WELL; MINE KNOWN AS THE ST. THERESA IS LOCATED ON CLAIMS OWNED BY LAWE WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN PART OF THE ORIGINAL BIG PINE GROUP BUT WHICH DID NOT APPARENTLY INCLUDE THE MAJOR BIG PINE WORKINGS

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE 7 TUNNELS (TUNNEL NO. 5 IS 1400 FT) AND TWO SHAFTS (ONE SHAFT IS 200 FT DEEP)

Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE NORTH SLOPE OF MT. TRITLE


References

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 115


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