La Clede Mine

Past Producer in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039487
MRDS ID M050155
Record type Site
Current site name La Clede Mine
Alternate or previous names Laclede Mine
Related records 10209552

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.29011, 32.84149 (WGS84)
Elevation 1265
Relative position 2.4 MILES E OF KLONDYKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Klondyke(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007S 020E 10 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Epidote Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Buford Canyon Form Mesozoic Cenozoi Andesite Or Basalt Flows & Flow Breccia
    Rock description Buford Canyon Form Mesozoic Cenozoi Andesite Or Basalt Flows & Flow Breccia

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.29011, 32.84149

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faulting Trending Nnw ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Grand Reef Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Grand Reef And Assoc. Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINE LOCATED IN BLUE-GREEN FINE-GRAINED AMYGDALOIDAL AND SCORIACEOUS ANDESITE COUNTRY ROCK FRACTURED, CUT BY VEINS. FRACTURES FILLED WITH EPIDOTE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Aravaipa District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner James Quinn
    First year 1925

Comments on the production information

  • 3 CARLOADS OF CU-AG ORE BEFORE 1925

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 21.34M
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on development

  • 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS (1925). ROSS (1925) STATES THAT QUINN HAS HSIPPED 3 CARLOADS OF ORE IN 12 YEARS OF OPERATION. USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA STATES 1 YEAR OF PRODUCTION REPORTED IN 1924 OF 27 TONS OF ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 461

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 763

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    1925 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P. BULL. 763

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461

  • Production

    SIMONS, 1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OTHER VEINS STRIKE N 10-50 W, DIP 55-80 NE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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