Storm Cloud Mine

The Storm Cloud Mine is a copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 7,201 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Storm Cloud Mine

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 34.41667, -112.41861

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Storm Cloud Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Storm Cloud Mine


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold


Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Mount Union 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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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 Precambiran Rocks Trends N35e To N45e

Type: L
Description: Dikes And Veins Parallel Foliation


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Location): UTM TO THE MAIN SHAFT - ADIT IS JUST TO THE NE

Comment (Production): ITEM ( 8 ) IS ESTIMATED FROM $ 75,000 PRODUCTION AT $ 20.67 PER OUNCE.

Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN GRANODIORITE. RHYOLITE PORPHYRY DIKES OF PROBABLE CRET-TERT AGE ASSOCIATED WITH VEINS


References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 122

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT AND ADMR FILE DATA

Reference (Production): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140 , PG. 101


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