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Robey Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, 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 10109845
MRDS ID M800202
Record type Site
Current site name Robey Mine
Alternate or previous names Roby, Roby and Sons, Robey and Sons
Related records 10283917

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.46991, 34.03645 (WGS84)
Elevation 927
Relative position 0.5 MILES NORTH WEST OF BLACK BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copperopolis(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008N 002W 16 CENTER Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION MEASURED TO CENTER OF SHAFT. A GROUP OF WORKINGS INCLUDING AN ADIT FORM A LINE TO THE SOUTHWEST. ADDITIONAL WORKINGS SCATTERED IN AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor Fe-Staining

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Amphibole Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.46991, 34.03645
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Schist Trends N 20 E To N 50 E. Tertiary Volcanics Dip Ne, Strike Nw
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Low-Angle (Less Than 50 Degree Dip) Faults Which Trend Nw

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN LOCALIZED ALONG LOW-ANGLE FAULT WHICH PROBABLY DISPLACES TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS TO THE SOUTHEAST. DEPOSIT AGE PROBABLY MIOCENE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1924
Year of last production 1924

Mining district

District name Castle Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Buckhorn Mining Co.
    First year 1924

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 137.16M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    MILS LOCATION DATA

  • Deposit

    THE MINES OF WICKENBURG, 1907-08. PUBLISHED BY WICKENBURG BUSINESSMAN AND MINES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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