Huron Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048044
MRDS ID M800008
Record type Site
Current site name Huron Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Huron Mine, Huron-Victor-Swindler-Montezuma Prospects, Huron-Montezuma

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.25991, 34.47366 (WGS84)
Elevation 1426
Relative position 2.5 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF HUMBOLDT, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poland Junction(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013N 001E 28 SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION FROM USGS BULL 782 AND AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES. HURON-MONTEZUMA SHAFT MARKS ONE DEPOSIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Andalusite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Chloritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1740
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Iron King Volcanics
    Rock description Iron King Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1740
    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 Iron King Volcanics
    Rock description Iron King Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.25991, 34.47366

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation Trends N 15 E

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 15 E
    Dip 75 NW
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 45.72M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphy

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN METARHYOLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1923

Mining district

District name Big Bug District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Huron Copper Co.
    First year 1923

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEBB, 1978, POLAND JUNCTION AREA MASSIVE SULFIDE OCCURRENCES, M.S. THESIS, U. OF AZ. 110 PGS.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    USBM FED. MINE MAP REPOSITORY REEL 4046-150

  • Deposit

    SITE VISIT BY CIMRI STAFF

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCTION DATA UNSURE; MAY HAVE COME FROM MOUNTAIN CHIEF MINE 1 MILE SOUTHWEST IN SECTION 32 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-MAY-1991 Cimri Staff U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.