The Amulet Mine is a silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,499 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: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 34.46583, -112.36306
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Amulet Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Amulet Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Walker 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
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Country Rocks Trends N10e To N45e
Type: L
Description: Veins Sometimes Parallel To Regional Foliation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGH GRADE ORE WAS 459 OZ. AG/TON, 46 % PB
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): ITEM (9) IS ESTIMATED FROM $10,000 GOLD PRODUCTION AT $20.67 PER OUNCE.
Comment (Geology): DEPSOIT IS VEIN IN PRECAMBRIAN GOVERNMENT CANYON GRANODIORITE AND CRET-PALEO WALKER GRANODIORITE, CRET-TERT RHYOLITE DIKES MAY APPEAR LOCALLY NEAR THE DEPOSIT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 112.
Reference (Deposit): ELSING, M.J. AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936 , ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140 , P. 102
Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 140 , P. 102 .
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