The Tyro Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,799 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: 2,799 Feet (853 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 35.22722, -114.44972
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Tyro Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tyro Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Union Pass District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Dennis Poynter
Years: 1977 -
Owner Name: The Equitable Corp.
Home Office: Las Vegas, Nv.
Years: 1981 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1943
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: STRINGER LODE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw To Nnw Trending Normal Faulting
Type: L
Description: Tert Flows Strike Nw, Dip 30-40 Ne, And Overlie Prec Granite And Gneiss
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGED 0.3 OZ. AU/TON, SOME AREAS 11 OZ AU, 56 OZ AG/TON
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :01, 49?
Comment (Development): THREE PATENTED CLAIMS; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE W.E. WHALLEY AND C.F. WEEKS (1934), J.R. RUSSELL, P.F. WHITE, S.R. DAVIS, AND S.W. BASANKO (1902), GOLD STANDARD MINES (1941), TYRO MINE CO.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT WITH DRIFTING ON 200 FT LEVEL AND A NEWER ADIT 175 FT LONG WITH CROSSCUTS OF 75 FT AND DRIFTS OF 100 FT; SOME STOPING; OPEN PIT STARTED BY EQUITABLE CORP.
Comment (Geology): SMALL POCKETS OF RICHER THAN AVERAGE ORE FOUND ASSOCIATED WITH IRON AND MANGANESE OXIDES.
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NIEMUTH, 1987.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 106.
Reference (Deposit): LAUSEN, C., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OATMAN AND KATHERINE DISTRICTS, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 131, P. 131.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1909, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 397, P. 206.
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 6901, 1936, P. 48-50.
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