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Jerome Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048165
MRDS ID M800216
Record type Site
Current site name Jerome Mine
Related records 10113206

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.71964, 34.16977 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position ABOUT 3.7 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST FROM YARNELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yarnell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(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 004W;005W 31;36 W2 OF NW (31); NE OF NE (36) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION MEASURED TO ADIT NEAR TOP OF WEST SIDE OF SECTION 31. THERE IS A SECOND ADIT DIRECTLY NORTH WEST OF FIRST ONE, IN SECTION 36

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor Sericite Along Vein Walls

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.71964, 34.16977
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks Trends N10e To N25e; Granitic Rocks Unfoliated
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Mafic Dikes Which Trend Northeast And Dip At Low Angles, Usually Less Than 40 Degrees

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE TO E-W
    Dip SHALLOW, LESS THAN 30 DEGREES
    Length 609.6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing, Igneous Activity

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN GRANITIC ROCKS. VEIN LOCALIZED ALONG SHALLOWLY-DIPPING ANDESITE AND DIORITE DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1935
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Rich Hill District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. C. Mining Co.
    First year 1942

Comments on the workings information

  • APPARENTLY PROSPECTED BY SHALLOWLY DIPPING ADITS WHICH PENETRATE RICH HILL.

Comments on development

  • JEROME MINE ASSUMED TO CONSIST OF 3 PATENTED CLAIMS: JEROME, JEROME NO. 3, JEROME EXTENSION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARTH, C.G. (1932) UNPUBL. GEOL. MAP, AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIORITE DIKES MAY NOT BE PRESENT AT JEROME 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.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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