The Jersey Lily Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,899 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.40889, -112.49389
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Mine Description
The Jersey Lily mine (46) is 4 miles south of the Ruth, on a ridge at an altitude of 6,000 feet. The production, which is said to amount to $7,000 worth of gold, was made many years ago.
In this vicinity, the rocks are slaty and fissile to amphibolitic schists. The vein, which is thick, consists of massive milky quartz with small crystals and thin, irregular veinlets of pyrite. Although rich in scattered spots, it is generally of low grade.
(46) Abstracted from Lindgren, W., work cited, p. 117.
Text from Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining, Arizona Bureau of Mines. Original 1934, revised 1967
Jersey Lily Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jersey Lily Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Hassayampa 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Arthur C. Weber
Years: 1940 -
Owner Name: Weber Brothers
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1894
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1891
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N-S To N10w
Type: L
Description: Dikes And Veins Parallel Foliation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Name: Amphibolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1720.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1760.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1760.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Meta-Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1760.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Meta-Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1760.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1720.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): ITEM ( 8 ) IS ESTIMATED FROM $ 10,000 OF PRODUCTION AT $ 20.67 PER OUNCE.
Comment (Workings): 400 FT INCLINE SHAFT WITH DRIFTS AND STOPES AT 100 FT LEVELS
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC AND METASEDEMENTARY ROCKS. RHYOLITE PORPHYRY DIKES OF PROBABLE LCRET-TERT AGE ASSOCIATED WITH VEINS. DIKES MAY BE LACKING AT JERSEY LILY MINE
Comment (Location): LOCATION MEASURED TO ADIT SYMBOL ON JERSEY LILY CLAIM
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: JAN 1, 1891
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 117
Reference (Deposit): ELSING, M.J. AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936 , ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140 , P. 101
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Production): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140 , P. 101
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