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Myers Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, 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. 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 10048175
MRDS ID M800229
Record type Site
Current site name Myers Mine
Alternate or previous names Meyers Mine, George Myers Mine
Related records 10162315

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.71214, 34.15561 (WGS84)
Elevation 1091
Relative position ABOUT 4.7 SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF 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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009N 004W 6 NW OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SINGLE ADIT LOCATED AT END OF TRAIL ON THE HILLSIDE AT THE TOP OF SECTION 6

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
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) -112.71214, 34.15561
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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 Degree

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N60E
    Dip 30 NW
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 45.72M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

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 1934
Year of last production 1947

Mining district

District name Rich Hill District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pomeray, Heying, And Meyers
    First year 1946

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.033HA
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 60.96M
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVELS ON 85, 145 FT LEVELS

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS ARE ALL UNPATENTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM J.C. 6991, P. 33-34

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    BARTH, C.G., 1932, UNPUBLISHED GEOLOGIC MAP. AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN AVERAGES 2.5 FT WIDE

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.

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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