Ethiopia Mine

The Ethiopia Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,701 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

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Site Name

Primary: Ethiopia Mine

Commodity

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

Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Eureka District

Land Status

Land ownership: State
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: P. Rossi, V. Rossi, L. Rossi

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Year Last Production: 1947
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 Schist Trends N-S To N20w; Major N-S Trending Faults)

Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Quartz Monzonite Porphyry Dikes Or Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: U AND TH PRESENT

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): WEST OF HILLSIDE ROAD 400 FT. NO UTM MARKINGS ON MAP. LAT-LONG USED FOR LOCATION

Comment (Development): MINOR PROSPECT PITS ONLY

Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, ONE 70 INCLINE. 50 FEET DEEP, ONE 140 FEET LONG ADIT

Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN THAT CUTS PROTEROZOIC MUSCOVITE-GRANITE. VEINS ARE UNRELATED AND YOUNGER THAN GRANITE, BUT ARE GENETICALLY RELATED TO QUARTZ MONZONITE PROPHYRY DIKES. URANIUM AND THORIUM MINERALIZATION MAY BE PRECAMBRIAN IN AGE AND RELATED TO LAWLER PEAK GRANITE

References

Reference (Deposit): U.S.-A.E.C. PRR-AP-99 (1953)

Reference (Deposit): U.S.-A.E.C. PRR-AP-172-490, (1954) P. 48

Reference (Deposit): U.S.G.S. PP 278 GEOLOGIC MAP

Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

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