The Malapai Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,600 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
Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.31028, -112.64972
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Malapai Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Malapai Mine
Secondary: Malapai Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Zonia District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Winslow Gold Mining Co.
Years: 1939 -
Owner Name: Hassayampa Gold Mining Co.
Years: 1938 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
Year Last Production: 1939
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Veins Trend Northerly
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE AN INCLINED SHAFT OF 430 FT. MAIN WORKINGS ON THE 200 FT LEVEL
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC PLUTONIC ROCKS
Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION MEASURED TO SHAFT ON MALAPAI CLAIM. 4.2 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF KIRKLAND JUNCTION
Comment (Development): IN 1914, THE MALAPAI MINING CO. WAS REWORKING AN OLD SHAFT ON THE PROPERTY CONSISTING OF 16 CLAIMS; HASSAYAMPA GOLD MINING CO. LATER OWNED 21 CLAIM INCLUDING THESE. MAIN WORKINGS ARE ON THE MALAPAI AND LAST CHANCE PATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): 3 FOOT WIDE VEIN WITH 25 TO 35 FT LONG ORE SHOOTS
References
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT - USBM FILE DATA
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