Mine detail: Yaeger Canyon Mine

Previously called 'Yaeger Mine'

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.6656, -112.18602
dep_id: 10027257
mrds_id: M002650
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Tennantite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Oxidation At Near Surface
ore_ctrl: Faulting, Shearing
Reporter: Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed)
hrock_unit: Spud Mountain Volcanics;Grapevine Gulch Formation
hrock_type: Mica Schist,Tuff,Rhyolite
arock_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
Year first produced: 1890
yr_lst_prd: 1949
References:
  • 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
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