The Augustus Mine is a copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,520 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: 2,520 Feet (768 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 34.06, -113.26000
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Augustus Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Augustus Mine
Secondary: Augustus-Sulla-North Extension
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Bullard District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Merrill, Millikan
Years: 1945 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1945
Year Last Production: 1945
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tertiary Volcanics Strike N70w, Dip Steeply South To Vertical
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Faults Which Cut Volcanics At An Angle
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 15.000000+-
Dating Method: K-Ar
Material Analyzed: Biotite
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 15.000000+-
Dating Method: K-Ar
Material Analyzed: Biotite
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ CALCITE VEIN WHICH CUTS TERTIARY VOLCANICS
Comment (Location): UTM LOCATED TO CENTER OF CLAIMS FOUND ON BLM DISTRICT SHEET 341. NO WORKINGS APPARENT ON TOPO MAP
Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIMS (MS #3403)= AUGUSTUS, SULLA, NORTH EXTENSION
Comment (Deposit): CLAIMS ARE ORIENTED IN A NNW TO NW ORIENTATION. VEIN MAY PARALLEL LONG DIMENSION OF CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT SHEET #341
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