Pocahontas Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, 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 10088872
MRDS ID M800007
Record type Site
Current site name Pocahontas Mine
Alternate or previous names Pocahontas Copper Queen Mining Company
Related records 10186624

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.19352, 34.38866 (WGS84)
Elevation 1262
Relative position 2.5 MILES SOUTHEAST 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 002E 30 SE OF SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization And Sericitization Near Massive Sulfide

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Spud Mtn Volcanics
    Rock description Spud Mtn Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Spud Mtn Volcanics
    Rock description Spud Mtn Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.19352, 34.38866

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation Trends Due North

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N E
    Dip 80 E
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M
  • General form LENS
    Dip 80 E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphy For Massive Sulfide; Faulting For Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Year of first production 1906
Year of last production 1947

Mining district

District name Agua Fria District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Adams And Hake
    First year 1947

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782, P. 142-143.

  • Deposit

    USBM MINES HANDBOOK, 1922.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 140, P. 101.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
Deposit DEPOSIT CONTAINS MASSIVE SULFIDE AND SEPARATE VEIN OCCURRENCE. DIMENSIONAL DATA FOR MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT; VEIN ON PROPERTY TRENDS N40E, DIPS 55NW, AND IS 2.5 FT WIDE. DEPOSITS ARE 1000 FT APART.

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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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