The Union Mine is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,191 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,191 Feet (1,887 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 34.215, -112.34778
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Union Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Union Mine
Secondary: Union Group
Secondary: Union & Eagle Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Tiger District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Louis Schrade
Years: 1942 -
Owner Name: Gemmell And Saylors
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1925
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: Veins Trend N 20 E. Parallel To Foliation In Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks
Type: L
Description: Veins Trend N 20 E
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SHOWN ON CROWN KING TOPOGRAPHIC MAP AS SHAFT AND ADIT SYMBOL WITHOUT NAME
Comment (Deposit): NO PUBLISHED DATA ON UNION & EAGLE CLAIM. VEIN SYSTEM IS PROBABLY SOUTHERN CONTINUATION OF CROWN KING VEIN AT CROWN KING MINE, 0.75 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
Comment (Geology): UNION MINE & EAGLE CLAIMS IS VEIN DEPOSIT LOCALIZED ALONG RHYOLITE DIKES WHICH CUT CRET - PALEO CROWN KING GRANODIORITE. THE GRANODIORITE IS A ROUGHLY CIRCULAR, 2.5 MI - DIAMETER STOCK WHICH INTRUDES PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC AND PLUTONIC ROCKS
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 782, P. 164-165
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT - USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): DEWITT, ED, 1976, UNPUB M.S. THESIS UNIV. OF ARIZ, 150 PGS
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