Tyro Mine

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

Name: Tyro Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Mohave

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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