The Old Tiger Mine is a lead, copper, and silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,099 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: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 34.19139, -112.34889
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Old Tiger Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old Tiger Mine
Secondary: California Gen. No. 70
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Tiger District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Yavapai Consolidated Gold And Silver Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Year Last Production: 1913
Discovery Year: 1922
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: L
Description: Veins Parallel Regional Foliation In Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks (N25e)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1920'S
Comment (Location): OLD TIGER ASSUMED DIFFERENT FROM TIGER MINE; OLD TIGER ASSUMED LOCATED 0.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF TIGER MINE
Comment (Geology): OLD TIGER IS VEIN DEPOSIT CUTTING CRET-PALEO GRANODIORITE
References
Reference (Deposit): DEWITT, ED, 1976, UNPUB M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF ARIZ. 150 PGS.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOL SURVEY BULL. 782, P. 164-165 AND FIGURE ON THOSE PAGES
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