U.S. Navy Mine

The U.S. Navy Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,381 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

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Site Name

Primary: U.S. Navy Mine
Secondary: U.S. Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Copper Basin 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

Owner Name: T. W. Alexander, Ida L. Hobbs
Years: 1960 -

Owner Name: Vernard Jordon, Joe Pierce
Years: 1966 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1912
Year Last Production: 1967
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 Proterozoic Rocks Trends N10e To N20e

Type: L
Description: Vein, And Associated Dike, Cross-Cut Foliation And Trend N75e

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor

Rocks

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Ferrimolybdite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Jarosite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE AN INCLINE SHAFT WITH DRIFTS AT THE 200 OR 250 FT LEVEL AND A COUPLE OF VERTICAL SHAFTS AND A WINZE

Comment (Development): CLAIMS INCLUDE THE U.S. AMENDED, U.S. NO. 1,2,3,4, GERALDINE, AND GALENA KING; THE MINE WAS OPERATED IN 1928 BY THE VERDE ANNEX MINING CO.

Comment (Deposit): BRECCIA PIPE

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH NAVY THRUST FAULT WHICH STRIKES N75E AND DIPS 20 TO 50 SE

References

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSTON, W.P., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF MINERALIZED BRECCIA PIPES IN THE COPPER BASIN, ARIZONA; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 56 , PP. 916 - 940

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSTON, W.P., 1955, PHD THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH

Reference (Deposit): CHRISTMAN, TERRY, 1978, MS THESIS, UNIV OF ARIZONA

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. CARD FILE

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