Vesuvius Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048261
MRDS ID M800380
Record type Site
Current site name Vesuvius Mine
Alternate or previous names Versuvius, City Group
Related records 10137882

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.63992, 34.31449 (WGS84)
Elevation 1366
Relative position ABOUT 3.6 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE TOP OF PARKER MESA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Peeples Valley(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

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 011N 004W 11 SW OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION OF MINE BASED ON POSITION OF SHAFT AS GIVEN ON CLAIM MAP FOR THE MALAPAI PROPERTY. 0.9 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF THE MCMAHON SHAFT OF THE ZONIA MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.63992, 34.31449

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Trend Northeasterly

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NORTHEASTERLY
    Dip STEEPLY
    Width 88.39M
    Depth to bottom 88.39M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC PLUTONIC ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1915
Year of last production 1938

Mining district

District name Zonia District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner H. L. Galloway
    First year 1938

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 134.11M
    Overall depth 88.39M
    Overall length 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE ONE DEEP SHAFT, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND AN OPEN CUT

Comments on development

  • 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEED, H. W. 1918 THE MINES HANDBOOK V. III P517

  • Deposit

    YAVAPAI MAGAZINE, VOL I, NO 1, P.18

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA (HASSAVAMPA GOLD MINING CO. FILE)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 VEINS ON CLAIMS. CLAIMS TREND NORTHEAST, AND VEINS MAY ALSO TREND THAT DIRECTION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Roth, Frances A. (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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