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Laurella 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109851
MRDS ID M800232
Record type Site
Current site name Laurella Mine
Related records 10210946

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.72297, 34.19172 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YARNELL, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yarnell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(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 010N 005W 24 SW OF NE OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM COORDINATES TO ADIT ON SOUTHEAST SIDE OF ANTELOPE CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.72297, 34.19172
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks Trends N20e To N-S
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Mafic Dikes Which Trend Ne And Dip At Less Than 40 Degrees

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing, Igneous Activity

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS. VEINS LOCALIZED ALONG SHALLOWLY-DIPPING ANDESITE AND DIORITE DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1936
Year of last production 1939

Mining district

District name Rich Hill District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner G. D. Neill

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT TRENDS E-W

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    MILS LOCATION DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT MAY NOT BE ASSOCIATED WITH DIORITE DIKES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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