The Fortuna Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,620 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 5,620 Feet (1,713 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.17306, -112.40278
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Fortuna Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fortuna Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Minnehaha District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Larry O'Brien
Years: 1941 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Year Last Production: 1941
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 Granodiorite Trends N10e To N25e
Type: L
Description: Veins Crosscut Or Parallel Foliation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM TAKEN TO SHAFT SHOWN ON MAP, THE CLAIM LIES IN SECTIONS 30 AND 31.
Comment (Development): 1 PATENTED CLAIM, MS 2775, IS SHOWN ON BLM PLATS AS MS 2275.
Comment (Deposit): CLAIM TRENDS N20E; ASSUMED THAT VEIN STRIKES PARALLEL TO CLAIM
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC GRANODIORITE
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT SHEET #212 SW 1/4
Reference (Deposit): MILS LOCATION DATA
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