The Groom Mine is a copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 34.06333, -112.54194
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Groom Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Groom Mine
Secondary: Amazon
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Black Rock District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Milevore Copper Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1928
Year Last Production: 1958
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 Schist And Gneiss Trends N25e To N65e
Type: L
Description: Veins (And Genetically-Related(?)) Dikes Trend N10w To N40w And Crosscut Precambrian Fabric
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor To None
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Development): MAIN PATENTED CLAIMS ARE AMAZON, SOUTH AMAZON, CONGO, AND GYPSY
Comment (Deposit): VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY DIKES. 2 VEIN SYSTEMS, 250 FT APART ON SURFACE. VEINS 6 FT THICK COMPRISE MINERALIZED ZONE 10 TO 40 FT WIDE
Comment (Workings): SHAFT 500 FT DEEP
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS HIGH-ANGLE QUARTZ VEIN WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH RHYOLITE OR ANDESITE DIKES OF PROBABLE MID-TERTIARY AGE THAT CUT PRECAMBRIAN IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS
Comment (Location): LOCATION TAKEN TO CENTER OF SHAFT WHICH MAY BE GROOM; A SECOND SHAFT IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 100 METERS DUE NORTH. SHAFTS ON SOUTH AMAZON AND CONGO CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILE DATA (CLIPPINGS FILES)
Reference (Deposit): AZ. DEPT. MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA (TEXAS CHIEF FILE)
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P. 64
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