The M & M Prospect is a copper and silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,499 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: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 34.19, -112.35194
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M & M Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: M & M Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Tiger 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Year Last Production: 1923
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Veins Trend N20e, Parallel To Foliation In Precambrian Rocks
Type: L
Description: Veins Trend N20e
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AT BEST, NEARLY 1 OZ. AU/TON, 180 OZ. AG/TON
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): APPARENTLY VERY NEAR TIGER MINE
Comment (Geology): THE GRANODIORITE IS A ROUGHLY CIRCULAR, 2.5 MILE DIAMETER STOCK WHICH INTRUDES PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC AND PLUTONIC ROCKS. VEIN CUTS CROWN KING GRANODIORITE
Comment (Deposit): PAY STREAK 6 INCHES WIDE
References
Reference (Deposit): HEIKES, V.C., 1926 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROME AND BRADSHAW MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLES, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 782 , P. 174
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
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