Mine detail: Yaeger Canyon Mine

Previously called 'Yaeger Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.6656, -112.18602

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Tennantite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1890
Last production ended:	1949

Geology

Host rock:	Spud Mountain Volcanics;Grapevine Gulch Formation
Host type:	Mica Schist,Tuff,Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Foliation And Transposed Bedding In Metamorphic Rocks Trends N-S To N15w, Veins Cut Across Foliation Nearly At Right Angles, Veins Trend E-W

References

MRDS	M002650
DEP	10027257
Reference	{Deposit:: ANDERSON, C.A. AND CREASEY, S.C., 1958 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROME AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 308 , P. 176}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 782, P. 98}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA}
Reporter	Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed)