The Ethiopia Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,701 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,701 Feet (1,128 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 34.62278, -113.19306
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Ethiopia Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ethiopia Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Eureka District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: P. Rossi, V. Rossi, L. Rossi
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Year Last Production: 1947
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 Schist Trends N-S To N20w; Major N-S Trending Faults)
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Quartz Monzonite Porphyry Dikes Or Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: U AND TH PRESENT
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): WEST OF HILLSIDE ROAD 400 FT. NO UTM MARKINGS ON MAP. LAT-LONG USED FOR LOCATION
Comment (Development): MINOR PROSPECT PITS ONLY
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, ONE 70 INCLINE. 50 FEET DEEP, ONE 140 FEET LONG ADIT
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN THAT CUTS PROTEROZOIC MUSCOVITE-GRANITE. VEINS ARE UNRELATED AND YOUNGER THAN GRANITE, BUT ARE GENETICALLY RELATED TO QUARTZ MONZONITE PROPHYRY DIKES. URANIUM AND THORIUM MINERALIZATION MAY BE PRECAMBRIAN IN AGE AND RELATED TO LAWLER PEAK GRANITE
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S.-A.E.C. PRR-AP-99 (1953)
Reference (Deposit): U.S.-A.E.C. PRR-AP-172-490, (1954) P. 48
Reference (Deposit): U.S.G.S. PP 278 GEOLOGIC MAP
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
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