Hermsdorf 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109862
MRDS ID M800353
Record type Site
Current site name Hermsdorf Mine
Alternate or previous names Emil Hermsdorf, Adams Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.86714, 34.21811 (WGS84)
Elevation 1061
Relative position ABOUT 2.6 MILES NORTH OF TENDERFOOT HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Congress(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Maria(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 010N 006W 10 CENTER OF S2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SHAFT LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE SOUTH HALF OF SECTION 10, ALONG SIDE THE CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.86714, 34.21811

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Granite Is Massive And Unfoliated
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Andesite Dikes Which Trend E-W To Ne And Dip At Low Angles, Less Than 40 Deg.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing, Igneous Activity

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE. VEIN USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH ANDESITE AND MAFIC DIKES WHICH DIP SHALLOWLY TO THE NORTH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1924
Year of last production 1935

Mining district

District name Martinez District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Salisbury Adams Of Wavzata, Minnesota

Comments on development

  • HERMSDORF COMPOSED OF 3 CLAIMS: THE GEORGE WASHINGTON, LINCOLN LODE, AND EMIL HERMSDORF

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT. MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    BLM DISTRICT MAP #309

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT TYPE ASSUMED TO BE VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.