The Little Joseph Mine is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,301 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: 3,301 Feet (1,006 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 34.05139, -112.29944
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Little Joseph Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Joseph Mine
Secondary: Little Joe
Secondary: Acquisition ?
Secondary: Columbia Gold Mining Property
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Humbug District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Stockdale And Stivers
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1890
Year Last Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1886
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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 Precambrian Xenoliths (Quartz-Mica Schist) Trends N 40-50 E
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Rhyolite Porphyry Dikes And Foliation In Precambrian Xenoliths
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization Adjacent To Some Dikes
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): IDENTICAL TO GEOLOGY OF EL PERO BONITO DEPOSIT, EXCEPT NO RHYOLITE DIKES ON LITTLE JOSEPH PROPERTY.
Comment (Deposit): LITTLE JOSEPH CLAIM GROUP CONSISTS OF 4 PATENTED CLAIMS WHICH AD TO IN MOUNTAIN CHIEF GROUP ON THE EAST
Comment (Location): 1.5 MILES EAST OF OLD SITE OF HUMBUG
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT OF MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT - USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 178-179
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