The Eldorado Mine is a silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,769 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: 2,769 Feet (844 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 34.05056, -112.26472
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Eldorado Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eldorado Mine
Secondary: El Dorado
Secondary: Security
Secondary: 4th of July Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Tip Top District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Wager
Years: 1920 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1877
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: Batholith (Quartz Monzonite) Rather Massive And Structureless
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 1720.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: IN TIP TOP DISTRICT, AVERAGE AG:AU RATIO IS 6000:1.
Materials
Ore: Polybasite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1870'S
Comment (Geology): RHYOLITE PORPHYRY DIKES OF CRET - PALEO AGE OCCUR IN DISTRICT BUT ARE NOT NECESSARILY COINCIDENT WITH MINERALIZED VEINS.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002389 OF J.W. HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): MILS LOCATION DATA ONLY AND CLAIM MAPS. EL DORADO MINE (PATENTED CLAIM) IS SEPARATE FROM TOM WADE MINE (PATENTED CLAIM) TO THE NORTHEAST
Comment (Production): EL DORADO REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED $100,000 OF SILVER ORE.
Comment (Deposit): EL DORADO IS VEIN SYSTEM CUTTING PROTEROZOIC QUARTZ MONZONITE.
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): KORTEMEIER, C.P., 1986, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE TIP TOP DISTRICT, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST, V. XVI, P. 468-472.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT - USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 180.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT OF MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA
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