The Dundee - Arizona Mine is a copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,875 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: 4,875 Feet (1,486 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 34.75167, -112.10083
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Dundee - Arizona Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dundee - Arizona Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Verde District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Year: 1947
Time Period: 1942 - 1947
Material type: ORE AVG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4 1/2 % Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Year Last Production: 1947
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: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcedony
Comments
Comment (Workings): 950 FT SHAFT PENETRATES TERTIARY GRAVELS, PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE, AND PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. ORE FOUND ONLY IN TERTIARY GRAVELS
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS REPLACEMENT AND COATING OF CHRYSOCOLLA ON GRAVELS OF TERTIARY AGE
Comment (Deposit): THE MINE WAS ORIGINALLY STARTED TO FIND ORE WITHIN THE UNDERLYING PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS (500 FEET DEEP), BUT NO COPPER WAS FOUND. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): ORE IS IN TERTIARY GRAVELS OVERLYING MARTIN LIMESTONE. MINOR MINERALIZATION IN LIMESTONE, IN FRACTURES ORIENTED N45E
Comment (Development): LOCATED ON THE GROUP OF CLAIMS KNOWN AS THE GREENFLOWER
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, C.A. AND CREASEY, S.C., 1958 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROME AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 308 , P. 153
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 90-91
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
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