Trinity Mine

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

Name: Trinity Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

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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