The Mayby Mine is a silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,241 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: 3,241 Feet (988 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 34.06056, -112.27389
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Mayby Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mayby Mine
Secondary: Foy Group
Secondary: Foy
Secondary: Belcher
Secondary: Maybe Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Tip Top District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: W. S. And E. G. Hudson
Years: 1953 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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, PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: R
Description: Batholith (Quartz Monzonite) Rather Massive And Structureless
Type: L
Description: Foliation In Schist Oriented N 60 E, 75 Nw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Name: Mica Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 1720.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ESTIMATED TO HAVE PRODUCED $140,000 OF SILVER ORE AND 40 UNITS OF WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Wolframite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): ORIGINALLY LOCATED IN 1880'S AS FOY GROUP. RELOCATED IN 1952
Comment (Geology): MAYBE IS VEIN SYSTEM CUTTING PROTEROZOIC QUARTZ MONZONITE. RHYOLITE PORPHYRY DIKES OF CRET-PALEO AGE OCCUR IN DISTRICT BUT ARE NOT NECESSARILY COINCIDENT WITH VEINS
References
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USBM I.C. 8078, P. 30-31
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