The Alma Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.47472, -112.41750
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Alma Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alma Mine
Secondary: Carlo-Alma
Secondary: Carlo Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Groom Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Lake, C. R.
Years: 1939 -
Owner Name: Bashford And Burmister , Alma Mining Co
Years: 1918 - 1940
Owner Name: Lemons, J. W.
Years: 1939 -
Owner Name: Alma Mining Co.
Years: 1939 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Year Last Production: 1947
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 In Precambrian Rocks Trends N10e To N20e
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Foliation And Crosscut It By 10-20 Degrees, Trending N20e To N-S
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): CARLO SHAFT 126 FT, 50 FT LEVEL, 300 FT TUNNEL, 116 FT ELVEL, 300 FT TUNNEL. 1000 FT OF DEVELOPMENT WORK AS SHAFTS AND TUNNELS
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC ROCKS
Comment (Deposit): LARGE ORE SHOOT FOUND ON THE CARLO VEIN
Comment (Location): UTM TAKEN TO THE CARLO CALIM FOUND ON BLM DISTRICT SHEET #248, ALMA CLAIM IS LOCATED TO THE EAST
Comment (Development): 9 CLAIMS (1918), 10 CLAIMS 1944, TWO CLAIM NAMES ARE CARLO AND ALMA
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ 997
Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT SHEET #248
Reference (Deposit): YAVAPAI MAGAZINE-1918, V. VI #7, P.3
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
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