Vesuvius Mine

The Vesuvius Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,482 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Vesuvius Mine
Secondary: Versuvius
Secondary: City Group

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Zonia District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: H. L. Galloway
Years: 1938 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Year Last Production: 1938
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 Trend Northeasterly

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

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE ONE DEEP SHAFT, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND AN OPEN CUT

Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC PLUTONIC ROCKS

Comment (Location): LOCATION OF MINE BASED ON POSITION OF SHAFT AS GIVEN ON CLAIM MAP FOR THE MALAPAI PROPERTY. 0.9 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF THE MCMAHON SHAFT OF THE ZONIA MINE

Comment (Development): 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Comment (Deposit): 4 VEINS ON CLAIMS. CLAIMS TREND NORTHEAST, AND VEINS MAY ALSO TREND THAT DIRECTION

References

Reference (Deposit): WEED, H. W. 1918 THE MINES HANDBOOK V. III P517

Reference (Deposit): YAVAPAI MAGAZINE, VOL I, NO 1, P.18

Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA (HASSAVAMPA GOLD MINING CO. FILE)

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