Mark Twain Mine

The Mark Twain Mine is a silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,499 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Mark Twain Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic

Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Hassayampa District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Frank Murphy Lookout Copper Co.
Years: 1918 -

Owner Name: Mark Twain Mng Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Year Last Production: 1949
Discovery Method: Unknown
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 N10w

Type: L
Description: Dikes And Veins Parallel Foliation

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None

Rocks

Name: Amphibolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1760.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic

Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1760.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic

Name: Meta-Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Name: Meta-Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1760.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic

Name: Meta-Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Meta-Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE MARK TWAIN VEIN IS PARALLEL TO THE VEIN IN THE BLUE DICK

Comment (Workings): MARK TWAIN VEIN IS DEVELOPED BY TUNNELS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RIDGE

Comment (Location): THE MARK TWAIN ADJOINS THE BLUE DICK ON THE WEST SIDE.

Comment (Development): 4 CLAIMS. (1921)

Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC AND METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS. RHYOLITE PORPHYRY DIKES OF PROBABLE LCRET-TERT AGE ASSOCIATED WITH VEINS

References

Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): U.S.G.S. BULL 782, P. 118

Reference (Deposit): YAVAPAI MAGAZINE, 1918, VOL VI, NO 5, P. 4-5

Reference (Deposit): YAVAPAI MAGAZINE, 1921, VOL IX, NO 6, P. 10

Reference (Deposit): USGS GQ MAP GQ-997

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