Cornucopia Mine

The Cornucopia Mine is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,751 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Cornucopia Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai

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.
Administrative Organization: Prescott National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: M. Roland
Years: 1926 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964

Comment (Workings): 350 FT TUNNEL FOLLOWS VEIN

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M004333 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. THIS MAY BE SAME CORNUCOPI A MINE AS RECORD M800333 ALTHOUGH LOCATIONS GIVEN ARE DIFFERENT AND GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTIONS VARY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782.

Reference (Deposit): WILSON ET AL, 1967, ABM BULL 137.

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