The Home Run Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,801 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: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.47056, -112.41028
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Home Run Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Home Run Mine
Secondary: Success Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Groom Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: William Geise And George Scholey ; Weber Brothers
Years: 1939 -
Owner Name: William Geise And George Scholey ; Weber Brothers ; A. A. Johns And T. J. Laird
Years: 1918 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1903
Year Last Production: 1940
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 Rocks Trends N10e To N20e
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Foliation And Crosscut It By 10-20 Degrees, Trending N20e To N-S
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM TAKEN TO CENTER OF HOME RUN CLAIM LOCATED ON BLM DISTRICT SHEET #227
Comment (Development): THE SUCCESS GROUP LIST OF CLAIMS: SUCCESS, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, WARSAW, AND WARDNER.
Comment (Deposit): 2 VEINS ON PROPERTY. ORE CHUTES 250 TO 300 FT LONG
Comment (Workings): MAIN SHAFT 460 FEET IN DEPTH, 4 LEVELS, NO. 1-800 FEET, NO. 2-700 FEET, NO. 3-900 FEET, NO. 4-100 FEET LONG
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZIC ROCKS
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, UNDER: SUCCESS GROUP AND PINE GROVE
Reference (Deposit): YAVAPAI MAGAZINE, 1918, VOL VI, NO 7, P. 2-16
Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT SHEET #227
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL, 782, P. 33
Reference (Deposit): USGS GQ MAP GQ-997
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