The Jerome Verde Mine is a copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,800 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 34.75111, -112.10972
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Jerome Verde Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jerome Verde Mine
Secondary: Main Top
Secondary: Columbia
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Jerome Verde Copper Co.
Years: 1920 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
Year Last Production: 1920
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
Model Name: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10w To N40w
Type: L
Description: Massive Sulfide Lenses Elongate Parallel To Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization, Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1820.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Gabbro
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1820.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1820.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1820.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1820.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1820.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Sericite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): ITEM (9) IS ESTIMATED FROM $10,000 PRODUCTION AT $20.67 PER OUNCE.
Comment (Workings): ORE BODY WAS MINED FROM THE UNITED VERDE EXTENSION WORKINGS.
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN METARHYOLITE OR NEAR CONTACT OF METARHYOLITE AND GABBRO.
Comment (Deposit): MAIN ORE TAKEN FROM SUBSURFACE BENEATH MAINTOP CLAIM. EARLY WORK WAS TO SE IN VICINITY OF COLUMBIA SHAFT. ORE TAKEN FROM U.V.X. OREBODY'S EXTENSION TO NORTH. GEOLOGY SAME AS U.V.X. MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): U.S.G.S. 308 , P. 149.
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. 149.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
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