| Deposit ID | 10048043 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M800006 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Minor Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Miner Mine, Mountain Copper Corporation |
| Related records | 10283684 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.20046, 34.41644 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1378 |
| Relative position | 3.4 MILES NORTHEAST OF MAYER, ARIZONA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yavapai(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mayer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Bradshaw Mountains(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
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yavapai |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 012N | 002E | 17 | SE OF SW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -112.20046, 34.41644 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Bedding Trends N 20 W |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Foliation Trends N 10 W |
| General form | LENS, IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NORTHWESTERLY |
| Dip | STEEPLY WEST |
| Thickness | 15.24M |
| Length | 76.2M |
| Width | 137.16M |
| Depth to bottom | 143.26M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1897 |
| Discoverer | Marshall And Ike Stoddard, Bob Bradley |
| Year of first production | 1903 |
| Year of last production | 1957 |
| District name | Agua Fria District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Arizona Redlands Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Arizona Redlands Co. |
| First year | 1950 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.105HA |
| Length | 228.6M |
| Overall depth | 143.26M |
| Overall length | 121.92M |
| Overall width | 9.14M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800006 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040251424 |
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
USGS BULL 1336, PLATE 2
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: LATE 1890'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1981 | Dewitt, Ed H. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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