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Young 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048263
MRDS ID M800383
Record type Site
Current site name Young Mine
Alternate or previous names Young Claim
Related records 10113514

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.50852, 33.95534 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position ABOUT 0.6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RED PICACHO PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Picacho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007N 002W 18 NE4 OF NW4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM LOCATION MEASURED TO CENTER OF ROW OF THREE SHAFTS NEAR THE END OF THE TRAIL BESIDE THE INTERMITTANT STREAM; A FOURTH SHAFT IS TO SOUTH, SLIGHTLY AWAY FROM FIRST THREE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.50852, 33.95534
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bedding In Volcanics Strikes Northwest
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Oriented Northwest. Parallel To Faults Which Cut Volcanics

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 85.34M
    Length 97.54M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to bottom 85.34M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS

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 Red Picacho District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. G. Robertson
    First year 1947
  • Type Owner
    Owner K. Young
    First year 1947

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.561HA
    Length 237.74M
    Overall depth 85.34M
    Overall length 97.54M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAJOR WORKINGS, INCLUDING THREE SHAFTS, ARE ON THE KATHERINE CLAIM.

Comments on development

  • MAJOR CLAIMS ARE THE KATHERINE, WINIFRED, VINCENT AND ERNEST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

  • Deposit

    ABGMT -USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

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