The Jaeger Group Mine is a gold mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,874 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,874 Feet (876 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 31.98472, -111.81306
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Jaeger Group Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jaeger Group Mine
Secondary: Akron Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Cababi District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Akron Gold Mining Co.
Years: 1933 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1928
Year Last Production: 1943
Discovery Year: 1932
Discovery Method: Unknown
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: NARROW
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL NARROW QUARTZ VEINS FORM THE LODE
Comment (Workings): IN DECEMBER, 1933, THE WORKINGS WERE FULL OF WATER TO WITHIN 80 FEET OF THE SURFACE.
Comment (Geology): KO VAYA QM INTRUDED JAEGER DIORITE COMPLEX.
Comment (Deposit): BRYNER DOES NOT DESCRIBE DETAILS OF MINE; WILSON SAYS HOST ROCK IS SHALE - BUT THERE ARE NO SEDIMENTARY ROCKS IN VICINITY ON BRYNER'S MAP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): TOWNSHIPS ARE UNSURVEYED.
Comment (Production): (8) ESTIMATED FROM $20,000 AU AT $32/OZ.
References
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): 1934 RECON ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES; BULL. 13
Reference (Production): USBM CARD FILE
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, ETAL, 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES: ABM BULL. 137
Reference (Deposit): CONSV-M000077 FROM USBM CARD FILES.
Reference (Deposit): BRYNER, 1958, SO. COMOBABI MTNS & KO VAYA HILLS: UNIV. ARIZ./PH.D. THESIS.
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