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United Verde Extension

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10137564
MRDS ID M002668
MAS/MILS ID 0040250018
Record type Site
Current site name United Verde Extension
Alternate or previous names U.V.X., United Verde Copper Mine, Daisy
Related records 10102464

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.11294, 34.75394 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clarkdale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 016 N 002 E 22 NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Copper Unknown
Cuprite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Gold Unknown
Jasper Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.11294, 34.75394
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 SILICIFICATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 911007

Comments on the geologic information

  • FORMATIONS INCLUDE THE DECEPTION RHYOLITE, THE GRAPEVINE GULCH, AND AN UNNAMED QUARTZ PORPHYRY. SULFIDES REPLACE RHYOLITE FLOWS AND TUFFS, QUARTZ PORPHYRY, AND SCHIST. GABBRO NEAR ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Verde

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Phelps Dodge Corp.
    ID 0202066
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1981
  • Type Operator
    Owner Budge (Mining), Ltd., A. F.
    ID 0202066
    Year 1988

Production statistics

  • Year 1938
    Period 1915-1938
    Description 1915-38 (Please See Comments) 3879000 St Dry Ore

Comments on the production information

  • 1915-1938 PRODUCTION: CONTAINED 793,331,000 LB CU, 6,449,000 TR OZ AG, 152,756 TR OZ AU. GRADES CALCULATED FROM THESE DATA ARE 10% CU, 1.7 TR OZ/ST AG, AND 0.04 TR OZ/ST AU.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM PROD TABS OWN/OP: BIG HOLE MINING CO

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIMENSIONS OF MINERALIZATION AS FOLLOWS: LENGTH 5OO FT (152 M) AT 1300 LEVEL; THICKNESS 900 FT (274 M--INCLUDES OXIDE AND SULFIDE ORE BODIES); WIDTH 200 FT (61 M) AT 1300 LEVEL (IN SULFIDE ORE BODY). ORE BODY EXPOSED AT SURFACE. ORE BODY TRENDS EASTWARD. ALTERATION ALSO INCLUDES KAOLINIZATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-1991 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 07/25/1993
MSHA mine ID0202066
Mine name (MSHA)United Verde Extension (Edith Shaft)
Current operatorArizona Resources Inc
Current controller (parent)Budge A F Mining Ltd
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Phelps Dodge Corp. — acquired by Subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan (2007)
    Acquired by Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold in 2007 in what was then the largest mining-industry deal ever (~US$26 B).

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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