Kay

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186398
MRDS ID M800040
MAS/MILS ID 0040251231
Record type Site
Current site name Kay
Alternate or previous names Patented Claims 3512 and 3743, Marietta,Patented, Diorite,Patented, Harriet,Patented, Buckeye,Patented
Related records 10048069

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.16043, 34.06036 (WGS84)
Elevation 604
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Canyon City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008 N 002 E 04 W2E2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.16043, 34.06036

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 70W
    Thickness 457M
    Length 457M
    Width 30M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATIFORM
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N20E:70W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 910909

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE RHYOLITE AND ANDESITE HAVE BEEN METAMORPHOSED. ALTERATION INCLUDES CHLORITIZATION.
  • THE PYRITE IS AURIFEROUS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Kay District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Del Harvey
    Year 1966
  • Type Operator
    Owner 4 Bar Mining Co.
    Year 1968
  • Type Operator
    Owner Exxon Minerals Co.
    Year 1981

Comments on the ownership information

  • EXXON MINERALS HAD AN EXPLORATION LEASE IN 1981.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLAIMS EXTEND INTO E2E2SW OF SEC.4 AND N2 OF SEC.9

  • Deposit

    USGS BLACK CANYON CITY QUAD

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING DIST SHEET 32

  • Deposit

    ADMR KAY COPPER MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN W ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROME AND BRADSHAW MTNS QUAD

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782 1926 P 155

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL SEPT 1917 P 15

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JAN-97 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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