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Emerald Isle Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  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 10102568
MRDS ID M004201
Record type Site
Current site name Emerald Isle Mine
Related records 10234888

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.19191, 35.36252 (WGS84)
Elevation 1122
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES S OF CHLORIDE. ABOUT 2.4 MILES WNW OF TURQUOISE MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cerbat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023N 018W 22,27 S2 (22) Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Tenorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.19191, 35.36252
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENSES AND PODS
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 90
    Width 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Production years 1943 - 1948

Mining district

District name Emerald Isle District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Arimetco International, Inc.
    First year 1994

Production statistics

  • Year 1945
    Period 1943 - 1945
    Material CU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3.5 - 6.5 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Copper Copper 5wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 426.72M
    Overall depth 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE ORIGINALLY WORKED BY 2 SHAFTS AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH HAS BEEN CONSUMED BY THE OPEN PIT FROM WHICH MOST OF THE ORE WAS MINED. LATER HEAP LEACH OPERATION.

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE EL PASO NATURAL GAS, C.G. PATTERSON, C.F. WEEKS AND M.B. LAWSON, LEWIS-MATHIS CO, EMERALD ISLE COPPER CO, E.E. CAMPBELL, H.J. OLSON, WARREN OVERHOLZE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DINGS, M.G., 1951, THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E.

  • Deposit

    THOMAS, B.E., 1949, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WALLAPAI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 44, NUMBER 8, P. 701.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 1994, DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA, INCORPORATING SAND & GRAVEL OPERATIONS -- 1994: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 42, 24 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ENG. MIN. JOURN., 1967 , NO. 6 U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS DEPOSIT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS BOTH A PRIMARY VEIN - TYPE DEPOSIT, OR A SECONDARY WEATHERING SOLUTION DEPOSITED IN QUATERNARY ALLUVIUM.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002976 OF J.W. HASLER. MINE ON CARE AND MAINTENANCE IN 1994. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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