The Vesuvius Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,482 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: 4,482 Feet (1,366 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.31444, -112.63917
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Vesuvius Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vesuvius Mine
Secondary: Versuvius
Secondary: City Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Zonia District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: H. L. Galloway
Years: 1938 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Year Last Production: 1938
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: L
Description: Veins Trend Northeasterly
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE ONE DEEP SHAFT, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND AN OPEN CUT
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC PLUTONIC ROCKS
Comment (Location): LOCATION OF MINE BASED ON POSITION OF SHAFT AS GIVEN ON CLAIM MAP FOR THE MALAPAI PROPERTY. 0.9 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF THE MCMAHON SHAFT OF THE ZONIA MINE
Comment (Development): 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): 4 VEINS ON CLAIMS. CLAIMS TREND NORTHEAST, AND VEINS MAY ALSO TREND THAT DIRECTION
References
Reference (Deposit): WEED, H. W. 1918 THE MINES HANDBOOK V. III P517
Reference (Deposit): YAVAPAI MAGAZINE, VOL I, NO 1, P.18
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA (HASSAVAMPA GOLD MINING CO. FILE)
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