The Shea Mine is a silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,499 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: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 34.70056, -112.09139
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Shea Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shea Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Shea District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Phelps Dodge Corp.
Years: 1958 -
Owner Name: Ed Starkey
Years: 1941 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Year Last Production: 1941
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 Shea Basalt Trends N65e To N80e
Type: L
Description: Vein Trends E-W And Crosscuts Foliation In Precambrian Rocks
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Chlorite, Sericite In Country Rocks
Rocks
Name: Meta-Basalt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1760.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TETRAHEDRITE CARRIES 600 OZ. AG/TON
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): ITEM (8) IS SHIPPING ORE YIELDING AG, CU, AU; 80% AG.
Comment (Development): CLAIMS ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS PATTERSON GROUP AND INCLUDED MARY ELLEN, CLARK, MEDGEN, EAST GOLD REEF; IN 1922, SHEA COPPER CO, AT THAT TIME THE OWNER OF SHEA MINE, BOUGHT OUT THE NEIGHBORING GRAND ISLAND MINE AND CONTINUED THE SHEA TUNNEL TOWARD THE GRAND ISLAND VEIN
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CROSSCUTS PRECAMBRIAN IGNEOUS AND METAVOLCANIC ROCKS.
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT, 1220 FT ON THE INCLINE OR 825 FT VERTICALLY
Comment (Deposit): MINING WAS LIMITED TO ONE LOCALITY ON THE 300 - LEVEL, FROM 300 - 400 FEET W OF THE SHAFT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR ADIT SYMBOL ON MAP; TUNNEL CONNECTS ADIT TO SHAFT DIRECTLY WESTWARD; SHAFT IS PROBABLY MISLABELED ON MAP.
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, C.A., AND CREASEY, S.C., 1958, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROME AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 308, P. 152.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 92.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., 1938, SOME ARIZONA ORE DEPOSITS: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 145, P. 58.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.
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