The Union Mine is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,191 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
Elevation: 6,191 Feet (1,887 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 34.215, -112.34778
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Union Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Union Mine
Secondary: Union Group
Secondary: Union & Eagle Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Tiger District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Louis Schrade
Years: 1942 -
Owner Name: Gemmell And Saylors
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1925
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: Veins Trend N 20 E. Parallel To Foliation In Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks
Type: L
Description: Veins Trend N 20 E
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: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SHOWN ON CROWN KING TOPOGRAPHIC MAP AS SHAFT AND ADIT SYMBOL WITHOUT NAME
Comment (Deposit): NO PUBLISHED DATA ON UNION & EAGLE CLAIM. VEIN SYSTEM IS PROBABLY SOUTHERN CONTINUATION OF CROWN KING VEIN AT CROWN KING MINE, 0.75 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
Comment (Geology): UNION MINE & EAGLE CLAIMS IS VEIN DEPOSIT LOCALIZED ALONG RHYOLITE DIKES WHICH CUT CRET - PALEO CROWN KING GRANODIORITE. THE GRANODIORITE IS A ROUGHLY CIRCULAR, 2.5 MI - DIAMETER STOCK WHICH INTRUDES PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC AND PLUTONIC ROCKS
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 782, P. 164-165
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT - USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): DEWITT, ED, 1976, UNPUB M.S. THESIS UNIV. OF ARIZ, 150 PGS
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