Yaeger Canyon Mine

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027257
MRDS ID M002650
Record type Site
Current site name Yaeger Canyon Mine
Alternate or previous names Yaeger Mine
Related records 10113742

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.18602, 34.6656 (WGS84)
Elevation 1791
Relative position 6 3/4 MILES SW OF JEROME

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hickey Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015N 002E 19,20 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.65 OZ. AG/TON, 1 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Spud Mountain Volcanics;Grapevine Gulch Formation
    Rock description Spud Mountain Volcanics;Grapevine Gulch Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.18602, 34.6656

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation And Transposed Bedding In Metamorphic Rocks Trends N-S To N15w
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Cut Across Foliation Nearly At Right Angles, Veins Trend E-W

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike E
    Dip 35 S
    Plunge direction E
    Length 91.44M
    Width 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS LOW-ANGLE QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CROSS-CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1890
Year of last production 1949

Mining district

District name Black Hills District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. H. Kirkpatrick
    First year 1944
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bill Bradley
    First year 1980

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES INCLUDE PRODUCTION FROM THE DUMP

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 228.6M
    Overall depth 396.24M

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS HELD BY CURRENT OWNER INCLUDED 8 OF THE ORIGINAL 11: BONANZA NO. 1, QUEEN BEE, QUEEN BEE NO. 1, QUEEN BEE NO. 2, GRAY COPPER, GRAY COPPER NO. 1, GRAY COPPER NO. 2, SEARCHLIGHT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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