The Tuscumbia Mine is a silver and copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 34.27806, -112.36944
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Tuscumbia Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tuscumbia Mine
Secondary: Tusculum Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Peck District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Frank Williams And Barry Smith, Prescott (1940'S)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1883
Year Last Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1887
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: Batholith Trends North-Northeast
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Development): BEING EXPLORED AND DRILLED IN 1970'S
Comment (Geology): VEIN DEPOSIT OF PROBABLE CRET-PALEO AGE IN PRECAMBRIAN GRANODIORITE
Comment (Deposit): IN 1883 THE TUSCUMBIA PRODUCED $50,000 OF SILVER ORE, OR APPROXIMATELY 45,000 OUNCES OF SILVER. ANOTHER STRIKE IN 1920'S INDICATED LARGE PRODUCTION, BUT NO PRODUCTION DATA APPARENT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1880'S
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1336, GEOL MAPS
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 782, P. 176
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT BULL 140, P. 103
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
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