The Trinity Mine is a zinc, lead, and silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,279 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: 5,279 Feet (1,609 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 34.31778, -112.35750
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Trinity Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Trinity Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Battle Flat District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Sarah Simmons
Years: 1942 -
Owner Name: C. F. Sturdevant
Years: 1942 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1922
Year Last Production: 1949
Discovery Year: 1882
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 And Possible Faults In Proterozoic Rocks Trend N 10 E
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Felsite Porphyry, Which Parallels Foliation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN A CANYON WHICH DRAINS INTO TURKEY CREEK TO THE NORTH. UTM MEASUREMENTS BASED ON LOCATION OF ORE BODY AS GIVEN IN THE USBM FILES. TRINITY MIGHT ALSO BE LOCATED IN THE FAR SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF SEC. 2, ACCORDING TO BLACET (1968)
Comment (Workings): VERTICAL SHAFT WITH TWO DRIFTS AT 50 FT INTERVALS
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN LOCALIZED ALONG CONTACT OF TEXAS GULCH FORMATION WITH BRADY BUTTE GRANODIORITE. FELSITE PORPHYRY OUTCROPS 0.1 MI TO THE W
Comment (Deposit): GEOLOGY AS NOTED DESCRIBES DEPOSIT IN FAR SOUTHWESTERN PART OF SEC 2. IF THE TRINITY IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF SEC 3, THEN THE QUARTZ VEIN IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CRYSTAL TUFF MEMBER OF THE SPUD MOUNTAIN VOLCANICS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS GQ MAP GQ-997
Reference (Deposit): BLACET, P.M., 1968, UNPUBLISHED PH.D., STANFORD UNIV.
Reference (Deposit): A.I.M.E. VOL. XI P 287, 289
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT- USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES - TRINITY GEM 179, PATENTED
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