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Arizona · Yavapai County

Yarnell Mine

Unconfirmed Gold Underground 1 mapped shaft 6 mapped adits

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Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Yavapai
Mining district
Rich Hill District
Development status
Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Gold
Verification
Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

  • Adit — documented in 3 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
  • Shaft — documented in 1 source record.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 1 shaft symbol
  • 6 adit symbols
  • Shaft : Yarnell , 1969
  • Adit : Yarnell , 1969
  • Adit : Yarnell , 1969
  • Adit : Yarnell , 1969
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • USGS MRDS working type: Underground
  • MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

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Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Producer

Operators / organizations

  • Winslow Gold Mining , Duane Gray · Historical operator
  • Security Trust Co (1940'S) · Source-reported owner

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Pyrite
  • Quartz
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Galena
  • Gold

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (1)
  • mapped adit symbols (6)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR

Type: Historical mine documents

Record: 2 historical documents

Supports:

  • historical mine identity
  • historical mine documentation
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Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.

AZGS Mining Info

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