Golden Turkey Mine (Silver Pheasant Mine), Turkey Creek, Turkey Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 16' 10'' North , 112° 12' 16'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Spring Valley | 1,148 (2011) | 9.3km |
| Cordes Lakes | 2,633 (2011) | 10.2km |
| Mayer | 1,497 (2011) | 14.5km |
| Black Canyon City | 2,837 (2011) | 22.6km |
| Dewey-Humboldt | 3,894 (2011) | 29.1km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Black Canyon City Rock Club | Black Canyon City, Arizona | 23km |
| Prescott Gem & Mineral Club | Prescott Valley, Arizona | 39km |
| Daisy Mountain Rock & Mineral Club | Anthem, Arizona | 45km |
Mindat Locality ID:
48543
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:48543:5
GUID (UUID V4):
3d40fa20-c4d1-40cb-883b-7a6c0e586bf2
A former underground Au-Ag-Pb-Zn-Cu mine located on the West side of Turkey Creek, about 15 miles from Mayer at 3,000 feet of altitude. Discovered 1900 by Theising. Reopened 1933 and owned by H.C. Mitchell & Associates (1934). Produced 1923-1949.
Mineralization is a vein deposit a few inches to more than 1 foot wide with a tabular ore body hosted in the Spud Mountain Volcanics. In places, a branching lode several feet wide. Ore control was faulting and shearing. Ore concentration was oxidation at near surface.
Precambrian schist strikes Northward and dips almost vertically. The vein strikes NE-ward and ranges in dip from 30ΒΊ to less than 10ΒΊ SE. It occupies a fissure zone, probably the result of thrust-faulting. Vein filling consists of a very coarsely-crystalline, milky to clear, glassy quartz with rather abundant, irregular masses and disseminations of sulfides. Vein walls are intensely sericitized and silicified, and in places, contain disseminated metacrysts of practically barren pyrite. The oxidized zone extended to the 250 level on the incline.
Area structures include low-angle (less than 40 degrees) veins that cut across foliation. Foliation and transposed bedding in metavolcanic rocks trends N-S.
Workings include a 100 foot deep shaft; later a 500 foot deep inclined shaft and approximately 2,000 feet of workings.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| β Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| β Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| β Galena Formula: PbS Habit: Cubo-octahedral crystals with highly splendent faces |
| β Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| β Muscovite var. Sericite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Description: Occurs in ore veins & as irregular metacrysts in vein wall rocks. |
| β Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| β | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| β | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| β | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| β | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| β | var. Sericite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| H | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | β Galena | PbS |
| S | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | β Sphalerite | ZnS |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| K | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | β Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | β Galena | PbS |
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