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Nellie-Meda Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048253
MRDS ID M800370
Record type Site
Current site name Nellie-Meda Mine
Alternate or previous names Gold Leaf, Mason
Related records 10186643

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.12882, 34.02366 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position 8.5 MILES SSE FROM BULLARD PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Date Creek Ranch SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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 008W 19 SE OF SW OF NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.12882, 34.02366
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bedding In Overlying Tertiary Volcanic Rocks Strikes N40w And Dips 25 Southwest
Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Trends At An Angle To Bedding In Volcanic Rocks

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NNW TO NW
    Dip STEEP ?
    Depth to bottom 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shering

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE. VEIN MAY CUT TERTIARY VOLCANICS, BUT NOT KNOWN FOR SURE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1931
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Bullard District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Nellie-Meda Gold Mines ; Harold Mason
    First year 1939
  • Type Owner
    Owner Nellie-Meda Gold Mines ; Harold F. Mason
    First year 1939

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • PLANS MADE TO SINK THE SHAFT 350 FT. DRIFT ON THE 250 FT LEVEL WAS CONNECTED WITH A DRIFT ON THE 200 FT LEVEL. 50 FT WINZE SUNK ON THE 250 FT LEVEL (1936)

Comments on development

  • FROM 1931 TO 1932 THE MINE WAS KNOWN AS THE GOLD LEAF, FRO 1935 TO 1939 THE MINE WAS CALLED THE NELLIE-MEDA MINE AND WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE NELLIE-MEDA GOLD MINES, IN 1939, HAROLD F. MASON SECURED AND OPTION ON THE PROPERTY AND WAS WORKING THE TAILINGS. HE CALLED IT THE MASON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

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.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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