John Henry Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109805
MRDS ID M800004
Record type Site
Current site name John Henry Mine
Alternate or previous names John Henry 1
Related records 10283432

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.13741, 34.32505 (WGS84)
Elevation 1234
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1.8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CORDES, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cleator(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 011N 002E 22 N2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • MILS LOCATION DATA UNVERIFIED BY OTHER SOURCES. UTM COORDINATES FOR SHAFT IN SEC. 22

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver 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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Lower Unit Of Spud Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Lower Unit Of Spud Mountain Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1730
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1730
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1730
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Lower Unit Of Spud Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Lower Unit Of Spud Mountain Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1730
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1730
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.13741, 34.32505

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bedding Trends N 10 E

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 5 E
    Dip STEEPLY WEST
    Length 365.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphy

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT TYPE UNKNOWN. GEOLOGY AND METAL RATIOS SUGGEST MASSIVE SULFIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1942
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Agua Fria District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harold Winsloe
    First year 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    MILS LOCATION DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1345, PLATE 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NUMEROUS PITS, TRENCHES, AND ONE SHAFT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-81 Dewitt, Ed H. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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