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Little Egypt Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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 10088871
MRDS ID M800005
Record type Site
Current site name Little Egypt Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.22074, 34.39811 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 0.8 MILE EAST OF CENTER OF MAYER, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mayer(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)

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 012N 001E 26 NE OF NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Chloritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.22074, 34.39811
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation And Transposed Bedding Trend N 5 W
Type of structure Local
Structure description Folliation And Transposed Bedding Trend N 5 W

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 5 W
    Dip 80 E
    Thickness 7.62M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphy

Comments on the geologic information

  • MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN METARHYOLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1918
Year of last production 1919

Mining district

District name Agua Fria District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Little Egypt Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on development

  • APPROXIMATELY 6 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1336, PLATE 2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. 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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