The Derby Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,440 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,440 Feet (1,963 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.55778, -112.56944
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Derby Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Derby Mine
Secondary: Madizell
Secondary: Puritan and Italian Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Thumb Butte District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Madizelle Mining Co. ; Mary Young
Years: 1905 -
Owner Name: Madizelle Mining Co.
Years: 1905 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
Year Last Production: 1937
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 Proterozoic Rocks Trends N20e
Type: L
Description: Veins Trend N60w And Crosscut Precambrian Foliation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): THE DERBY CLAIMS WERE LOCATED ON BLM DISTRICT SHEET #272, SE 1/2, AS WERE THE PURITAN AND ITALIAN CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): ONE SHAFT 500 FT DEEP, ANOTHER 300 FT DEEP. TUNNELS FROM SHAFTS, 500, 700, 800, AND 130 FEET LONG, WITH A TOTAL OF ABOUT 5,000 FT OF WORKINGS (1918). APPARENTLY THE MAIN WORKINGS OF THE DERBY GROUP ARE ON THE PURITAN AND ITALIAN CLAIMS. THESE TWO CLAIMS ARE LOCATED ONE-HALF MILE WEST OF THE DERBY PATENTED CLAIMS, IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SEC. 28, T14N, R3W. THE PURITAN HAD A 200 FT SHAFT WITH OVER 700 FT OF DRIFTS, AND THE ITALIAN HAD A 365 FT SHAFT WITH AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF DRIFTS.
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC GRANODIORITE. AGE OF VEIN NOT CLOSELY CONSTRAINED, BUT THOUGHT TO BE PRECAMBRIAN
Comment (Development): PROPERTY ONCE OWNED AND OPERATED BY G. U. YOUNG, PRESIDENT OF MADIZELLE MINING CO. CONSISTED ORIGINALLY OF 18 CLAIMS, PURITAN, ITALIAN, HUMBERT, SUNNY SIDE NO. 1, SUNNY SIDE, KNOCKER DOOM, SURE ENOUGH, DERBY, DERBY NO. 2, DERBY NO. 3, HUGMENOT, MADIZELL, PATSY, ELLEN NO. 1, ELLEN NO. 2 (1909). THE PROPERTY NOW HAS 25 CLAIMS (1940), ADDED CLAIM NAMES UNKNOWN.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS APPARENTLY A QUARTZ VEIN THAT TRENDS NW AND CUTS PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
Reference (Deposit): WEED, THE MINES HANDBOOK, 1918, VOL XIII, P. 215
Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT SHEET #272, SE 1/2
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
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