Old Tiger Mine

The Old Tiger Mine is a lead, copper, and silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,099 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: Old Tiger Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

Elevation: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Copper, Silver

Lat, Long: 34.19139, -112.34889

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Old Tiger Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Old Tiger Mine
Secondary: California Gen. No. 70


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc


Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Tiger District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Yavapai Consolidated Gold And Silver Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Year Last Production: 1913
Discovery Year: 1922
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: L
Description: Veins Parallel Regional Foliation In Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks (N25e)


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1920'S

Comment (Location): OLD TIGER ASSUMED DIFFERENT FROM TIGER MINE; OLD TIGER ASSUMED LOCATED 0.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF TIGER MINE

Comment (Geology): OLD TIGER IS VEIN DEPOSIT CUTTING CRET-PALEO GRANODIORITE


References

Reference (Deposit): DEWITT, ED, 1976, UNPUB M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF ARIZ. 150 PGS.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOL SURVEY BULL. 782, P. 164-165 AND FIGURE ON THOSE PAGES


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