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Money Metals Mine

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027318
MRDS ID M002856
Record type Site
Current site name Money Metals Mine
Alternate or previous names Slumbering Beauty Group, Sleeping Beauty Mountain?
Related records 10185691

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.91541, 33.44091 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Relative position MYBERG BASIN 2 3/4 MI. NE OF INSPIRATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Inspiration(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001N 014E 10 SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge And Breccia Are Largely Replaced By Quartz, Pyrite, And Chalcopyrite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.91541, 33.44091
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Diabase Granite Contact Probably Represents An Old Fault Along Which The Apache Group Had Been Down Dropped Into Contact With The Granite Before Intrusion Of The Diabase

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 75 NW
    Length 304.8M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The "Vein" Is Actually A System Of Linked Veins Deposited Along A Broad Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1928
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Miami-Inspiration District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Louis Ellsworth
    First year 1962

Production statistics

  • Year 1919
    Period 1928 - 19
    Material PB
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^7.5 To 14.5 %
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Lead Lead 11wt-pct
  • Year 1919
    Period 1928 - 19
    Material AG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^10 Oz/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 282g/mt
  • Year 1919
    Period 1928 - 19
    Material AU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.4 Oz/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Gold Gold 11g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 176 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED UNTIL OCTOBER 1943

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 88.39M
    Overall depth 57.91M

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD WORKINGS, ALL INACCESSIBLE, INCLUDE AN INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 65, 100, AND 190 FT, TWO VERTICAL SHAFTS AND AN INCLINE OF 40, 50 AND 100 FT RESPECTIVELY, ALSO SEVERAL SHORT ADITS

Comments on development

  • COMPOSED OF 9 PATENTED AND 12 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE LOUIS WINN, KENNETH HOOPES AND MONEY METALS CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. (A.R.EDWARDS AND RALPH CLARK,OWNERS)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, N. P., 1962 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342 , P. 122 .

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, N. P., 1950 , ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS PART I; ABM BULLETIN 156 , P. 111 .

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA

  • Production

    USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342 , P. 122

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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