| Deposit ID | 10088872 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M800007 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pocahontas Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Pocahontas Copper Queen Mining Company |
| Related records | 10186624 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.19352, 34.38866 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1262 |
| Relative position | 2.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MAYER, ARIZONA |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yavapai |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 012N | 002E | 30 | SE OF SW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Rock unit name | Spud Mtn Volcanics |
| Rock description | Spud Mtn Volcanics |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Rock unit name | Spud Mtn Volcanics |
| Rock description | Spud Mtn Volcanics |
| (1) | -112.19352, 34.38866 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Foliation Trends Due North |
| General form | LENS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N E |
| Dip | 80 E |
| Thickness | 6.1M |
| Length | 91.44M |
| Width | 60.96M |
| Depth to bottom | 60.96M |
| General form | LENS |
|---|---|
| Dip | 80 E |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1925 |
| Year of first production | 1906 |
| Year of last production | 1947 |
| District name | Agua Fria District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Adams And Hake |
| First year | 1947 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800007 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040251035 |
USGS BULL 782, P. 142-143.
USBM MINES HANDBOOK, 1922.
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
ABM BULL 140, P. 101.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S |
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONTAINS MASSIVE SULFIDE AND SEPARATE VEIN OCCURRENCE. DIMENSIONAL DATA FOR MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT; VEIN ON PROPERTY TRENDS N40E, DIPS 55NW, AND IS 2.5 FT WIDE. DEPOSITS ARE 1000 FT APART. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1981 | Dewitt, Ed H. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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