Old Dick Mine

The Old Dick Mine is a zinc and copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,999 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

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Site Name

Primary: Old Dick Mine

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Cadmium
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Cobalt

Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Old Dick District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Owner Name: Cyprus Mining Co.
Years: 1966 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1943
Year Last Production: 1966
Discovery Year: 1882
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 LENSES

Structure

Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N20e To N30e

Type: L
Description: Massive Sulfide Lenses Parallel Foliation And Bedding

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization, Pyritization

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1770.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1770.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.03 % CADMIUM.
Analytical Data: ARSENOPYRITE CARRIES UP TO 1.21 % CO

Materials

Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SEE BRUCE MINE (MRDS NO. M800223).

Comment (Deposit): BRUCE OREBODY AND OLD DICK OREBODY ARE ALONG SAME STRATIGRAPHIC INTERVAL, WITH BRUCE UNDERLYING OLD DICK. TWO MINES ARE LISTED SEPARATELY DUE TO HISTORY, MINING, AND DEVELOPMENT. GEOLOGICALLY, THE TWO MINES EXPLOITED THE SAME OREBODY. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORDS W000354 OF A.B. COURY AND W002662 OF D.P. COX WHICH HAVE BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Production): MOST ORE AVERAGED 15.76 TO 22.20 % ZN, AND 2.22 TO 3.45 % COPPER.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN PROTEROZOIC METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. DEPOSIT LOCALIZED AT OR NEAR CONTACT OF RHYOLITE AND ANDESITE. BRUCE ORE BODY IS DOWN-DIP EXTENSION OF OLD DICK OREBODY.

Comment (Workings): LEVELS ON 50,100,150,225,300,400,457,525,650,800, AND 950 LEVELS. CUT AND FILL MINING.

References

Reference (Deposit): BAKER, ARTHUR III, AND CLAYTON, R.L., 1968, MASSIVE SULPHIDE DEPOSITS OF THE BAGDAD DISTRICT, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S., 1933 - 1967, V. II, P. 1312.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): MINING WORKD, AUGUST, 1962, P. 12-17.

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 156, PART I, P. 131-135.

Reference (Deposit): SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 278, P. 89. FIGURE TO 1973 INCLUDEDS PRODUCTION FROM THE BRUCE OREBODY.

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, C.A., 1955, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAGDAD AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 278, P. 76 , 88.

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