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Etta Mine (Etta Patent MS 833), Cherry Creek District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Latitude: 34°36'51"N
Longitude: 112°1'18"W
‡Ref.: Arizona Mining Journal (1918) Verde Inspiration article, January 1, 1918.

Lindgren, W. (1926), Ore deposits of the Jerome and Bradshaw Mountains quadrangles, Arizona, USGS Bull. 782: 105.

Wilson, E.D., Cunningham, J.B., and Butler, G.M. (1934), Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining (revised 1967), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 137: 29-30.

USGS PP 368: Geologic Map.

Phillips, K.A. (1987), Arizona Industrial Minerals, 2nd. Edition, Arizona Department of Mines & Minerals Mineral Report 4, 185 pp.

U.S. Bureau of Mines - Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology file data.

U.S. Bureau of Land Management Mining District Sheet 81.

MRDS database Dep. ID #10109809, MRDS ID #M800024; and, Dep. ID #10113415, MAS ID #0040250708.

A former underground Ag-Au-Cu mine located SW of the Monarch Mine. Started before 1887. Produced 1908-1913.

Mineralization is a quartz vein 5 to 6 feet (1.5 to 1.8 meters) wide with a tabular ore body. Ore control was faulting. Ore concnetration was oxidation at near surface. No alteration was reported. An associated rock unit is the informally-named Cherry Quartz Diorite.

Workings include development to 200 feet of depth.

Mineral List

Gold


1 entry listed. 1 valid mineral.

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Updated Mineral Entry: BykovaiteFrom Van King, 17th Feb 2012 19:50:20