Dundee - Arizona Mine

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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027263
MRDS ID M002667
Record type Site
Current site name Dundee - Arizona Mine
Related records 10283833

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10157, 34.75171 (WGS84)
Elevation 1486
Relative position AT JEROME, 3 MILES WSW OF CLARKDALE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clarkdale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(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 016N 002E 23 SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcedony Ore
Chrysocolla Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Verde Gravels
    Rock description Verde Gravels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10157, 34.75171

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 1.52M
    Width 274.32M
    Depth to top 30.48M
    Depth to bottom 33.53M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gravels At Base Of Verde Formation, Overlying Martin Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS REPLACEMENT AND COATING OF CHRYSOCOLLA ON GRAVELS OF TERTIARY AGE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1918
Year of last production 1947

Mining district

District name Verde District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1947
    Period 1942 - 1947
    Material ORE AVG
    Description Cp_Grade: ^4 1/2 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 5wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1219.2M
    Overall depth 289.56M

Comments on the workings information

  • 950 FT SHAFT PENETRATES TERTIARY GRAVELS, PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE, AND PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. ORE FOUND ONLY IN TERTIARY GRAVELS

Comments on development

  • LOCATED ON THE GROUP OF CLAIMS KNOWN AS THE GREENFLOWER

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS IN TERTIARY GRAVELS OVERLYING MARTIN LIMESTONE. MINOR MINERALIZATION IN LIMESTONE, IN FRACTURES ORIENTED N45E
Deposit THE MINE WAS ORIGINALLY STARTED TO FIND ORE WITHIN THE UNDERLYING PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS (500 FEET DEEP), BUT NO COPPER WAS FOUND. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Laraba, Peter (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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