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Kay Copper Mine

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc
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  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048069
MRDS ID M800040
Record type Site
Current site name Kay Copper Mine
Alternate or previous names Buckeye, Marietta, Diorite, Harriet
Related records 10186398

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.16045, 34.06034 (WGS84)
Elevation 604
Relative position 0.4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLACK CANYON CITY, ARIZONA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Canyon City(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 008N 002E 04;09 SE OF SW (04); NW OF NE OF NW (09) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • KAY COPPER MINE GROUP CONSISTS OF 10 PATENTED CLAIMS THAT EXTEND ALONG THE AGUA FRIA RIVER FROM SECTION 4 TO SECTION 9.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Sericitization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.16045, 34.06034
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation And Some Bedding Trend N 20 E
Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation Trends N 20 E

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip 70 W AVERAGE
    Plunge 80 SW
    Plunge direction SOUTHWEST
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 457.2M
    Width 457.2M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 457.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphy

Comments on the geologic information

  • KAY MINE IS STRATIFORM MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT IN CHLORITIZED METARRHYOLITE. THE COPPER GRADE OF THE KAY IS NOTABLY HIGH, RANGING FROM 5 TO 10 PERCENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1910
Year of first production 1910
Year of last production 1966

Mining district

District name Kay District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Exxon Minerals Co. (1981, Exploration Lease)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Del Harvey, Phoenix, Arizona
    First year 1966

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.158HA
    Length 4585.72M
    Overall depth 457.2M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN WORKINGS ON 600 LEVEL. APPARENTLY NO ORE WAS EVER PRODUCED FROM BELOW THE 350 LEVEL BEFORE THE 1940'S MAIN, OR NO. 1 SHAFT, IS ON WEST SIDE OF AGUA FRIA RIVER, IN SECTION 4. THE MAIN SHAFT IS 600 FEET DEEP AND IS INCLINED 65 DEGREES TO THE WEST. THE MAIN SHAFT IS LOCATED ON THE MARIETTA PATENTED CLAIM THE NO. 4 SHAFT IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE AGUA FRIA RIVER, IN SECTION 9. THE NO. 4 SHAFT IS 1500 FEET DEEP AND IS VERTICAL. IT IS LOCATED ON THE S.E. EXT. MARIETTA PATENTED CLAIM, 600 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE MAIN SHAFT. THE NO. 2 SHAFT IS 180 FEET DEEP AND IS 600 FEET NORTH OF THE MAIN SHAFT THE NO. 3 SHAFT IS 520 FEET DEEP AND IS 2200 FEET NORTH OF THE MAIN SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OPERATOR 4 BAR MINING CO. (VANCOUVER, B.C., 1968)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US GEOL SURVEY BULL 782, P. 155.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT - USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE.

  • Deposit

    AZ BUR. OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

  • Deposit

    NORTHWEST MINING TRUTH, APR 18, 1919, P. 1

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit KAY MINE IS STRATIFORM MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT IN CHLORITIZED METARRHYOLITE. THE COPPER GRADE OF THE KAY IS NOTABLY HIGH, RANGING FROM 5 TO 10 PERCENT. TWO ORE BODIES: MAIN NEAR NO. 1 SHAFT; OTHER TO THE NORTH. MAIN ORE SHOOT IS 5 FEET WIDE ON 200 LEVEL, 18 FEET WIDE ON 350 LEVEL, 30 FEET WIDE ON 500 LEVEL, 35 FEET LONG ON 600 LEVEL, 26 FEET, WIDE ON THE 1500 LEVEL. THE MAIN ORE ZONE IS 70 FEET LONG ON THE 200 LEVEL, 110 FEET LONG ON THE 500 LEVEL, AND 170 FEET LONG ON THE 1500 LEVEL. RESERVE ESTIMATES (AS OF 1930-1940) RANGE FROM APPROXIMATELY 180,000 TONS (JENKS, UNPUBLISHED) TO 320,000 TONS (LUNDQUIST, UNPUBLISHED) TO 1,400,000 TONS (ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, 1931)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-NOV-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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