The Dixie Mine is a lead and gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,999 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: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Gold
Lat, Long: 34.17833, -112.74972
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Dixie Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dixie Mine
Secondary: Rincon Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Rich Hill District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Year Last Production: 1936
Discovery Year: 1885
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 Metamorphic Rocks Trends N10e To N25e; Granitic Rocks Unfoliated
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Mafic Dikes Which Trend Northeast And Dip At Low Angles, Usually Less Than 40 Degree.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Sericite Along Vein Walls
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NEW YORK GROUP OF CLAIMS, WELCOME GROUP, AND DIXIE GROUP FORM THE THREE SIDES OF A TRIANGLE. PRODUCTION DATA FROM ALL THREE MAY HAVE BEEN COMBINED UNDER THE RINCON HEADING. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): THREE ADITS IN A NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST LINE WITH THE LOCATION MEASURED TO THE MIDDLE ADIT. MIDDLE ADIT IS ON DIXIE NO. 1 CLAIM AND IS REALLY AN INCLINED SHAFT
Comment (Development): PRODUCTION DATA FOR RINCON MINES COMBINED DATA FROM BOTH THE DIXIE AND WELCOME GROUPS. PATENTED CLAIMS IN DIXIE GROUP ARE DIXIE NO. 1, 2, AND 3, SUNEYSIDE
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT TO 1050 FT. DRIFTS EVERY 100 FEET VERTICALLY. DIFFICULT TO TELL WHICH WORKINGS ARE ON DIXIE GROUP VS. WELCOME GROUP
Comment (Deposit): DIORITE AND PORPHYRY DIKES PARALLEL THE QUARTZ VEIN. DIORITE DIKES APPEAR TO BE MINERALIZED. AVERAGE VEIN THICKNESS AT THE SURFACE IS ONE FOOT.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN GRANITIC ROCKS. VEIN LOCALIZED ALONG SHALLOWLY-DIPPING ANDESITE AND DIORITE DIKES.
References
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P. 68
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA
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