The Indiana Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,201 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: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.595, -112.54222
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Indiana Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Indiana Mine
Secondary: Ohio
Secondary: Iowa
Secondary: Idaho
Secondary: New York
Secondary: Etc.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Thumb Butte District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: H. L. Wenworth
Years: 1935 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Year Last Production: 1935
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 Nw And Ne
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC GRANODIORITE. AGE OF VEIN NOT CLOSELY CONSTRAINED, BUT THOUGHT TO BE PRECAMBRIAN
Comment (Location): U.S.M.M. NO. 3246 IS IN THE INDIANA CLAIM. UTM COORDINATES ARE TO ADIT SYMBOLS IN IOWA CLAIM. ADJOINING INDIANA ON THE NORTH.
Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIMS ARE OHIO, IOWA, IDAHO, NEW YORK, INDIANA AND GOODLUCK. PRODUCTION MAY HAVE COME FROM IOWA CLAIM
Comment (Deposit): CLAIMS TREND NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. VEINS MAY PARALLEL LONG AXIS OF CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT SHEET #271, NE 1/4
Reference (Deposit): BLM PLAT - 3246A AND 3246B
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