The Young Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,399 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: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.95528, -112.50778
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Young Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Young Mine
Secondary: Young Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Red Picacho District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: R. G. Robertson
Years: 1947 -
Owner Name: K. Young
Years: 1947 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1935
Year Last Production: 1942
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: Bedding In Volcanics Strikes Northwest
Type: L
Description: Veins Oriented Northwest. Parallel To Faults Which Cut Volcanics
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION MEASURED TO CENTER OF ROW OF THREE SHAFTS NEAR THE END OF THE TRAIL BESIDE THE INTERMITTANT STREAM; A FOURTH SHAFT IS TO SOUTH, SLIGHTLY AWAY FROM FIRST THREE
Comment (Development): MAJOR CLAIMS ARE THE KATHERINE, WINIFRED, VINCENT AND ERNEST
Comment (Workings): MAJOR WORKINGS, INCLUDING THREE SHAFTS, ARE ON THE KATHERINE CLAIM.
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT -USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA
Arizona Gold
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