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De Soto Mine

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Iron, Arsenic
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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. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027172
MRDS ID M002371
Record type Site
Current site name De Soto Mine
Related records 10283380

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.29046, 34.28644 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 3.5 MILES W OF CLEATOR, 8 MI SW OF MAYER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Battle Flat(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

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 011N 001E 20 Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Sericitization

Analytical data

Result 1961 SAMPLE: 28.3% FE, 0.9% MN, 0.2% TIO2.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Iron King Volcanics;Yavapai Schist-Taconite
    Rock description Iron King Volcanics;Yavapai Schist-Taconite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.29046, 34.28644
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation And Transposed Bedding In Metavolcanics Trends N20e To N30e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Massive Sulfide Lenses Parallel Foliation

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 23 E
    Dip 70 NW
    Length 106.68M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphy, Igneous Activity

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Year of first production 1890
Year of last production 1972

Mining district

District name Mayer District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Prescott National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pronto Exploration Ltd.
    Home office Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    First year 1986
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sherwood B. Owens, Et Al.
    First year 1972

Production statistics

  • Year 1922
    Period - 1922
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3.75 % Cu, 1 Oz. Ag/Ton, 0.02 Oz Au/Ton.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
    Trace Ore Silver Silver 28g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 4wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 1.919HA
    Overall depth 304.8M
    Overall length 222.5M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS AND TUNNELS INTERCONNECT UNDERGROUND; MAJOR DEVELOPMENT IS AT 600 FT LEVEL

Comments on development

  • 18 CLAIMS COVERING 364 ACRES. KYPRUS MINING CO. WAS OPERATOR IN 1972. 1984-86: SURFACE DRILLING PROJECT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 162.

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M.J. AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 102.

  • Deposit

    USGS GQ MAP GQ-997.

  • Deposit

    DEWITT, 1976, UNPUB. MS THESIS, UNIV OF ARIZONA.

  • Deposit

    BLACET, 1968, UNPUB. PHD THESIS, STANFORD.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    HARRER, 1964, USBM IC 8236.

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 782 , PG. 163 ; A.B.M. BULLETIN 140 , P. 102

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS A NUMBER OF SLIGHTLY OVERLAPPING SULFIDE LENSES AT OR NEAR A RHYOLITE-ANDESITE CONTACT AND WITHIN SCHIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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