Western Sierra Resource Corp (WSRC)

[vladimirr]

here is a bit of info about the Silver Cord mine
from http://www.mindat.org/loc-54345.html

Silver Cord Mine (Infant Mine; Infant tunnel; Brooks claims; American Flagg; McCutcheon shaft; Gold Crown Mine; Cutter Mine [?]), Turkey Creek Station, Black Canyon District, Wickenburg Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
Latitude: 34°15'17"N
Longitude: 112°12'17"W


‡Ref.: Lindgren, W. (1926), Ore deposits of the Jerome and Bradshaw Mountains quadrangles, Arizona, USGS Bull. 782: 158.

Wilson, E.D., Cunningham, J.B., and Butler, G.M. (1934), Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining (revised 1967), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 137: 53.

Guiteras, J.R. (1936) Gold Mining and Milling in the Black Canyon area, Yavapai County, Arizona. U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 6905: 29-31.

Anderson, C.A. (1972) Precambrian Rocks in the Cordes Area. USGS Bull. 1345: 34-35.

Niemuth, N.J. (1987), Arizona Mineral Development 1984-1986, Arizona Department of Mines & Mineral Resources Directory 29, 46 pp.

U.S. Bureau of Mines - Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mining Technology file data.

USGS Cleator Quadrangle map.

Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Silver Cord Mine file.

MRDS database Dep. ID #10048053, MRDS ID #M800019; and, Dep. ID #10105302, MRDS ID #TC38953; and, Dep. ID #10234551, MAS ID #0040251756.

A former underground Ag-Au-Cu-Pb-Zn mine located about 1 mile SE of Turkey Creek Station. Discovered 1877. Operated in 1925 & 1928-1930. Overall produced during the period 1910-1970.

NOTE: The Cutter Mine is listed as a separate operation. Both are very nearby each other and the use of the Cutter name for this operation may reflect that they were a common operation at some time or were lumped together due to proximity.

Mineralization is the Silver Cord vein that dips S or SE at an angle of less than 20º and has a tabular ore body. Ore control was faulting and shearing. Ore concentration was oxidation and enrichment of ore at near-surface. No alteration noted. Associated rock units are andesite dikes.

Area structures include foliation in Precambrian rocks that trends N-S and dips vertically. Veins do not parallel the foliation.

Produced 20 to 30 carloads of ore.


Detailed Mineral List:
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Reference: Wilson, E.D., et al (1934), AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 137: 53; ; Lindgren, W. (1926), USGS Bull. 782: 158.
Galena
Formula: PbS
Reference: Wilson, E.D., et al (1934), AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 137: 53; ; Lindgren, W. (1926), USGS Bull. 782: 158.
Gold
Formula: Au
Reference: Wilson, E.D., et al (1934), AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 137: 53.
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Reference: Wilson, E.D., et al (1934), AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 137: 53; ; Lindgren, W. (1926), USGS Bull. 782: 158.
Siderite
Formula: FeCO3
Reference: MRDS database Dep. ID #10048053, MRDS ID #M800019.
Silver
Formula: Ag
Reference: MRDS database Dep. ID #10048053, MRDS ID #M800019.
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Reference: MRDS database Dep. ID #10048053, MRDS ID #M800019.


7 entries listed. 7 valid minerals.

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