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Jaeger Group Mine

Past Producer in Pima 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103749
MRDS ID M050287
Record type Site
Current site name Jaeger Group Mine
Alternate or previous names Akron Mine
Related records 10283383

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.81377, 31.98484 (WGS84)
Elevation 876
Relative position SOUTHEASTERN BASE OF SOUTH COMOBABI MTNS; ABOUT 61/2 MILES NE OF SELLS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sells East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon Wash(hydrologic unit)

Rio Sonoyta(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 17S 05E 01 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • TOWNSHIPS ARE UNSURVEYED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Jaeger Diorite Complex//Hornblende Diorite;Ko Vay Quartz Monzonite//Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Jaeger Diorite Complex//Hornblende Diorite;Ko Vay Quartz Monzonite//Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.81377, 31.98484
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW
    Strike EASTWARD
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Occur In Fault Fissures., And In Contact Between Diorite And Rhyolite

Comments on the geologic information

  • KO VAYA QM INTRUDED JAEGER DIORITE COMPLEX.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1932
Discoverer G.H. Jaeger
Year of first production 1928
Year of last production 1943

Mining district

District name Cababi District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Akron Gold Mining Co.
    First year 1933

Comments on the production information

  • (8) ESTIMATED FROM $20,000 AU AT $32/OZ.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 243.84M
    Overall depth 85.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN DECEMBER, 1933, THE WORKINGS WERE FULL OF WATER TO WITHIN 80 FEET OF THE SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, ETAL, 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES: ABM BULL. 137

  • Deposit

    CONSV-M000077 FROM USBM CARD FILES.

  • Deposit

    BRYNER, 1958, SO. COMOBABI MTNS & KO VAYA HILLS: UNIV. ARIZ./PH.D. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    1934 RECON ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES; BULL. 13

  • Production

    USBM CARD FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL NARROW QUARTZ VEINS FORM THE LODE
Deposit BRYNER DOES NOT DESCRIBE DETAILS OF MINE; WILSON SAYS HOST ROCK IS SHALE - BUT THERE ARE NO SEDIMENTARY ROCKS IN VICINITY ON BRYNER'S MAP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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