United Verde Mine,

The United Verde Mine, is a copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,003 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

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Site Name

Primary: United Verde Mine,
Secondary: Hull
Secondary: Big Hole Property
Secondary: Hopewell Tunnel
Secondary: Patented Claims 3348
Secondary: Patented Claim 3480
Secondary: United Verde Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims 2812

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead

Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Verde

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Big Hole Mining Co.
Info Year: 1969

Owner Name: Phelps Dodge Corp
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1980

Production

Year: 1940
Time Period: 1918-1940
Description: 1918-40, From Open Pit 9709000 St Ore. Grade In Comments
Year: 1951
Time Period: 1908-1951
Description: 1908-51, From Underground 22520000 St Ore

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1883
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Ankerite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Specularite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Tennantite
Unknown: Cuprite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Jasper
Unknown: Arsenopyrite
Unknown: Bornite
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Dolomite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Ripidolite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ALSO IN SECTIONS 14 AND 15, SAME TOWNSHIP AND RANGE. LAST PRODUCTION WAS SOMETIME AFTER 1969.

Comment (Production): GRADES OF ORE MINED BY OPEN PIT IN 1918-40: 3.47% CU, 2.07 TR OZ/ST AG, 0.071 TR OZ/ST AU.

Comment (Geology): HOST FORMATIONS ARE THE TUFFACEOUS SEDIMENTS OF THE GRAPEVINE GULCH AND AN UNNAMED QUARTZ PORPHYRY. BOTH ARE REPLACED BY SEDIMENTS. RHYOLITE IS FOUND NEAR THE ORE, AND GABBRO FORMS THE HANGING WALL. "BLACK SCHIST" (CHLORITE ROCK) REPLACED THE QTZ. PORPHYRY AND CONTAINS ORE. ANDESITE DIKES INTRUDED THE OTHER ROCK TYPES. ALTERATION ALSO INCLUDES CHLORITIZATION.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): GRADES GIVEN IN REFERENCE ARE AS FOLLOWS: 12 LB/ST CU, 7% ZN, 4 LB/ST PB, 2 TR OZ/ST AG, AND 0.02 TR OZ/ST AU.

References

Reference (Deposit): CLAIMS EXTEND INTO NW,N2SW AND W2W2NE OF SEC.22, AND S2SW OF

Reference (Deposit): SEC.15

Reference (Reserve-Resource): INGALLS, W.R. WORLD SURVEY OF THE ZINC INDUSTRY. MIN. MET.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SOC. AMERICA, 1931, 128 PP.

Reference (Deposit): USGS MUNDS DRAW QUAD

Reference (Deposit): USGS CLARKDALE QUAD

Reference (Deposit): BLM MINING DIST SHEETS 54,56

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN W ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROME AND BRADSHAW MTN QUADS

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782 1926 P 61-78

Reference (Deposit): HANSEN M G DIAMOND DRILLING AT THE U V MINE USRM IC 6708

Reference (Deposit): ECONOMIC GEOLOGY VOL 67 NOV 1972 NO 7

Reference (Deposit): ADMR UNITED VERDE FILE

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON C A USGS PP 308 1958 P 101-

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