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Ethiopia Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Uranium, Thorium
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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. 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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048141
MRDS ID M800183
Record type Site
Current site name Ethiopia Mine
Related records 10161731

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.19383, 34.62282 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Relative position 0.9 MILES NW OF LAWLER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burro(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

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 009W 22 SW OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF HILLSIDE ROAD 400 FT. NO UTM MARKINGS ON MAP. LAT-LONG USED FOR LOCATION

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Analytical data

Result U AND TH PRESENT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Lawler Peak Granite;Quartz Monzonite Porphyry Dikes
    Rock description Lawler Peak Granite;Quartz Monzonite Porphyry Dikes
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.19383, 34.62282
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Schist Trends N-S To N20w; Major N-S Trending Faults)
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Quartz Monzonite Porphyry Dikes Or Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 60.96M
    Depth to bottom 22.86M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN THAT CUTS PROTEROZOIC MUSCOVITE-GRANITE. VEINS ARE UNRELATED AND YOUNGER THAN GRANITE, BUT ARE GENETICALLY RELATED TO QUARTZ MONZONITE PROPHYRY DIKES. URANIUM AND THORIUM MINERALIZATION MAY BE PRECAMBRIAN IN AGE AND RELATED TO LAWLER PEAK GRANITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1941
Year of last production 1947

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner P. Rossi, V. Rossi, L. Rossi

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.013HA
    Length 42.67M
    Overall depth 22.86M
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, ONE 70 INCLINE. 50 FEET DEEP, ONE 140 FEET LONG ADIT

Comments on development

  • MINOR PROSPECT PITS ONLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.-A.E.C. PRR-AP-99 (1953)

  • Deposit

    U.S.-A.E.C. PRR-AP-172-490, (1954) P. 48

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. PP 278 GEOLOGIC MAP

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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