The Sheldon Superior Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 7,001 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: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 34.43139, -112.41806
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Sheldon Superior Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sheldon Superior Mine
Secondary: Chase Mine
Secondary: Chase Property
Secondary: Black Lode Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Mt. Union District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: W. H. Cummings
Years: 1935 -
Owner Name: Rocky Mountain Mines, Inc (1940'S)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1935
Year Last Production: 1954
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 Country Rocks Trends N10e To N40e
Type: L
Description: Veins Sometimes Parallel Regional Follation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 74.000000+-4.000000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Paleozoic
Age Old: Cretaceous
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 74.000000+-4.000000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Paleozoic
Age Old: Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SHELDON SUPERIOR = CHASE PROPERTY. MAIN WORKINGS ON CHASE PROPERTY ON BLACK LODE CLAIM.
Comment (Development): CLAIM GROUP INCLUDES BLACK LODE, BIG FOUR, HASSAYAMPA, RANCHE, WATERFALL
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS VEIN IN CRET-PALEO WALKER GRANODIORITE.
Comment (Workings): ONE SHAFT IS 330 FT DEEP. ONE TUNNEL 400 FT. LONG. LEVELS ON 100, 200 FT BELOW COLLAR OF SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): RHYOLITE DIKES LOCALLY ABUNDANT NEAR VEINS.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ 997.
Reference (Deposit): AZ. DEPT. MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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