The Plymouth Mine is a copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,801 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: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 34.51333, -112.59361
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Plymouth Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Plymouth Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Finch District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Plymouth Mg. Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Year Last Production: 1937
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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 Precambrian Rocks= N20e To N20w, Steep West Dip
Type: L
Description: Copper Basin Stock E Longate Nne To Ssw, Dike Trends N 45 W
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization, Argillization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 3RD IGNEOUS UNIT AGE-LATE CRETACEOUS 3RD IGNEOUS UNIT NAME-"COPPER BASIN STOCK" (INFORMAL)-QUARTZ LATITE PORPHYRY DIKE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Geology): PRECAMBRIAN VEIN IN PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS, ACCORDING TO JOHNSTON, 1955
References
Reference (Deposit): ECON GEOL. V. 56, P. 916-940
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSTON, W.P., 1955 P.H.D., COPPER BASIN DEPOSITS, UNIV. OF UTAH, 130 PGS
Reference (Deposit): CHRISTMAN, J., 1978, M.S. COPPER BASIN DISTRICT, UNIV OF ARIZONA, 78 PGS
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
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