Mark Twain Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic
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 10048248
MRDS ID M800362
Record type Site
Current site name Mark Twain Mine
Related records 10162320, 10231867

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.47797, 34.42255 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 4.3 MILES W OF THE MT UNION LOOKOUT TOWER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Groom Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(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 012N 002W 04 NW OF SE OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • THE MARK TWAIN ADJOINS THE BLUE DICK ON THE WEST SIDE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.47797, 34.42255

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N10e To N10w
Type of structure Local
Structure description Dikes And Veins Parallel Foliation

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NORTH
    Dip EAST, STEEPLY

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC AND METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS. RHYOLITE PORPHYRY DIKES OF PROBABLE LCRET-TERT AGE ASSOCIATED WITH VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1906
Year of last production 1949

Mining district

District name Hassayampa District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mark Twain Mng Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank Murphy Lookout Copper Co.
    First year 1918

Comments on the workings information

  • MARK TWAIN VEIN IS DEVELOPED BY TUNNELS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RIDGE

Comments on development

  • 4 CLAIMS. (1921)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. BULL 782, P. 118

  • Deposit

    YAVAPAI MAGAZINE, 1918, VOL VI, NO 5, P. 4-5

  • Deposit

    YAVAPAI MAGAZINE, 1921, VOL IX, NO 6, P. 10

  • Deposit

    USGS GQ MAP GQ-997

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MARK TWAIN VEIN IS PARALLEL TO THE VEIN IN THE BLUE DICK

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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