The Myers Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,579 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: 3,579 Feet (1,091 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.15556, -112.71139
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Myers Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Myers Mine
Secondary: Meyers Mine
Secondary: George Myers Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Rich Hill District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Pomeray, Heying, And Meyers
Years: 1946 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1934
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 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: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SINGLE ADIT LOCATED AT END OF TRAIL ON THE HILLSIDE AT THE TOP OF SECTION 6
Comment (Development): CLAIMS ARE ALL UNPATENTED
Comment (Deposit): VEIN AVERAGES 2.5 FT WIDE
Comment (Workings): 200 FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVELS ON 85, 145 FT LEVELS
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN GRANITIC ROCKS. VEIN LOCALIZED ALONG SHALLOWLY-DIPPING ANDESITE AND DIORITE DIKES.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM J.C. 6991, P. 33-34
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): BARTH, C.G., 1932, UNPUBLISHED GEOLOGIC MAP. AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES
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