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Jerome Verde Mine

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027264
MRDS ID M002669
Record type Site
Current site name Jerome Verde Mine
Alternate or previous names Main Top, Columbia
Related records 10283477

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.11046, 34.75115 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position AT JEROME, 3 MILES SW OF CLARDALE.

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 016N 002E 23 SW Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Sericitization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1820
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1820
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1820
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1820
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1820
    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 Deception Rhyolite, Quartz Porphyry;Grapevine Gulch Formation
    Rock description Deception Rhyolite, Quartz Porphyry;Grapevine Gulch Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1820
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.11046, 34.75115
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10w To N40w
Type of structure Local
Structure description Massive Sulfide Lenses Elongate Parallel To Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks

Ore body information

  • Length 60.96M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to top 304.8M
    Depth to bottom 396.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphy, Igneous Activity

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN METARHYOLITE OR NEAR CONTACT OF METARHYOLITE AND GABBRO.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1901
Year of last production 1920

Mining district

District name Verde District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jerome Verde Copper Co.
    First year 1920

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM (9) IS ESTIMATED FROM $10,000 PRODUCTION AT $20.67 PER OUNCE.

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE BODY WAS MINED FROM THE UNITED VERDE EXTENSION WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN ORE TAKEN FROM SUBSURFACE BENEATH MAINTOP CLAIM. EARLY WORK WAS TO SE IN VICINITY OF COLUMBIA SHAFT. ORE TAKEN FROM U.V.X. OREBODY'S EXTENSION TO NORTH. GEOLOGY SAME AS U.V.X. MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

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-OCT-1981 Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

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