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Little Jessie Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109844
MRDS ID M800197
Record type Site
Current site name Little Jessie Mine
Related records 10137460

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.30852, 34.47477 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 2.7 MILES NORTHWEST OF POLAND JUNCTION, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poland Junction(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013N 001E 30 NW OF SW OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON LITTLE JESSIE CLAIM. SHAFT IS 2600 FT DUE EAST OF DIVIDEND SHAFT AND 1800 FT SOUTH OF UNION (JESSIE?) WORKINGS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Late Cretaceous
    Chronological age 74
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Late Cretaceous
    Chronological age 74
    Dating method K-Ar

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.30852, 34.47477
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Country Rocks Trends N25e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Tend To Parallel Foliation

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N65E
    Dip 80 SE
    Thickness 2.44M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to bottom 198.12M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS VEIN AND/OR DIKE-VEIN OF RHYOLITE PORPHYRY WHICH CUTS GRANODIORITE PLUTON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1867
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Ticonderoga District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Arizona Consolidated Mining Co.
    First year 1934

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 659 FEET DEEP

Comments on development

  • ESTIMATED 90% OF PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1900

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 137, P. 38

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782, P. 133

  • Deposit

    USBM- ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM. I.C. 6905, P. 49-50.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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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