Yarbo Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048262
MRDS ID M800382
Record type Site
Current site name Yarbo Mine
Alternate or previous names Gold Dot Group, Yaba Carroll

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.13046, 34.45588 (WGS84)
Elevation 1265
Relative position 4.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF COPPER MOUNTAIN, 7.3 MILES NE 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

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 013N 002E 33 SE OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 0.8 MILES NORTHEAST OF TRI-METALS MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1740
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1740
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1740
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1740
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1740
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.13046, 34.45588

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bedding In Precambrian Metavolcanic Rocks Trends E-W
Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Parallels N15w-Trending Gabbro Dike

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NORTHERLY
    Dip STEEPLY EAST
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to bottom 38.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Igneous Activity

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1915
Year of last production 1918

Mining district

District name Yarber Wash District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Yaba Copper Co.
    First year 1918

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.018HA
    Overall depth 38.1M
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, 100 FT AND 125 FT DEEP. 125 FT SHAFT IS INCLINED ALONG VEIN. SHAFTS ARE 90 FT APART

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS A COALESCING MASS OF 2 TO 4 INCH QUARTZ VEINLETS OVER A 5 FT WIDTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.