The Old Hopkins Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,150 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: 3,150 Feet (960 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.69889, -112.26750
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Old Hopkins Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old Hopkins Mine
Secondary: Buster
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Mineral Point District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Granodiorite And Older Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10w To N20w
Type: L
Description: Quartz Vein Crosscuts Foliation And Trends N5e
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC ROCKS
References
Reference (Deposit): KRIEGER, M. H. , 1965 , GEOLOGY OF THE PRESCOTT AND PAULDEN QUADRANGLES, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 467 , P. 111
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 101
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Arizona Gold
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