The Yankee Pride Adit is a tungsten mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,902 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: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 32.05694, -110.08722
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Yankee Pride Adit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yankee Pride Adit
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Cochise District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Primos Chemical Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 52.000000+-3.000000
Age Young: Tertiary
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Huebnerite
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): WORKINGS YIELDED ABOUT $26 THOUSAND IN TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES. SEVERAL TONS OF TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES PRODUCED IN THE EARLY 1900'S.
Comment (Deposit): TWO SETS OF VEINS. ONE SET DESCRIBED ABOVE. SECOND SET IS EN ECHELON VEIN SYSTEM STRIKING N60 TO 75E AND DIPPING 40 TO 60 S.
Comment (Workings): ONE 40 FT. ADIT AND NUMEROUS OPENCUTS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: FAULT VEINS CUT BLOCK OF QUARTZ MONZONITE. STRIAE IN YANKEE PRIDE FAULTS INDICATE REVERSE MOVEMENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J.R., AND SILVER, L.T., 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416.
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP COOPER, J.R. AND SILVER, L.T., U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 41
Reference (Production): COOPER, J.R. AND SILVER, L.T. 1964
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