Minor Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048043
MRDS ID M800006
Record type Site
Current site name Minor Mine
Alternate or previous names Miner Mine, Mountain Copper Corporation
Related records 10283684

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.20046, 34.41644 (WGS84)
Elevation 1378
Relative position 3.4 MILES NORTHEAST OF MAYER, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mayer(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 012N 002E 17 SE OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 0.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STODDARD MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.20046, 34.41644

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bedding Trends N 20 W
Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation Trends N 10 W

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, IRREGULAR
    Strike NORTHWESTERLY
    Dip STEEPLY WEST
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 76.2M
    Width 137.16M
    Depth to bottom 143.26M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphy

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS PROBABLY MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT, BUT ORIGIN AND TYPE UNCLEAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1897
Discoverer Marshall And Ike Stoddard, Bob Bradley
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1957

Mining district

District name Agua Fria District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Arizona Redlands Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Arizona Redlands Co.
    First year 1950

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.105HA
    Length 228.6M
    Overall depth 143.26M
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 9.14M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1336, PLATE 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1890'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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