The Niagara Mine is a copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,399 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 34.59333, -113.22778
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Niagara Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Niagara Mine
Secondary: Niagra Claims
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Quartz
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Eureka District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: CYLINDRICAL PIPE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10e To N40e
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Dikes And Foliation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ESTIMATED AT LESS THAN 1 % CU
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcanthite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ CEMENTS THE BRECCIA. POCKETS OF QUARTZ CRYSTALS ARE POSSIBLE.
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS GENERAL FOR AREA OF PLACERS.
Comment (Deposit): SOURCE OF GOLD BELIEVED TO BE AU-QUARTZ VEINS IN GRANODIORITE. NUGGETS WERE UP TO 4 OZ IN SIZE.
Comment (Workings): PLACERS WORKED BY SLUICE, DRYLAND DREDGE, DREDGE, HYDRAULIC, ROCKERS.
Comment (Geology): PLACERS OCCUR ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF LYNX CREEK
Comment (Deposit): MOST PRODUCTIVE GOLD BEARING STREAM IN ARIZONA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN THAT CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC UNITS. VEINS ARE GENETICALLY RELATED TO LATE CRETACEOUS-PALEOCENE DIORITE PORPHYRY DIKES AND APLITE DIKES
Comment (Deposit): DUPLICATE RECORD TC40024 HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS.
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, C.A., 1955, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAGDAD AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 278, P. 96.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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