Jerome Verde Mine

The Jerome Verde Mine is a copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,800 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

Name: Jerome Verde Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

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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