Lime Cap Group

Producer in Greenlee county in Arizona, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Vanadium, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Copper, Manganese
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. 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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048129
MRDS ID M800159
Record type Site
Current site name Lime Cap Group
Alternate or previous names Snyder Group
Related records 10113349

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.37926, 33.1726 (WGS84)
Elevation 1865
Relative position 7.0 MILES NORTH OF MORENCI; 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF GRANVILLE RECREATION AREA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenlee(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coronado Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Greenlee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003S 029E 17 S2 OF NE (17) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS LIE NEAR THE SUMMIT AND ON THE SE SLOPES OF ENEBRO MOUNTAIN; LIME CAP MINE IS NEAR CRYSTAL CAVE TO THE WEST OF HIGHWAY 666 AND IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF A 1.0 MILE LONG DIRT ROAD EXTENDING ONTO PROPERTY; 5500 TO 7000 FT ELEVATION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Calamine Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Deposit Is Replacement Of Dolomitic Limestone Bed

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Modoc Limestone Formation;Morenci Shale Formation
    Rock description Modoc Limestone Formation;Morenci Shale Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.37926, 33.1726

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Minor Faulting With Little Vertical Displacement; Significant Horizontal Movement Along Bedding Planes
Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Faulting Cutting Limestone And Shale Beds

Ore body information

  • General form FLAT TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip 10 DEG N
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 1609.3M
  • General form FLAT TABULAR
    Dip 10 DEG N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vertical Fault; Associated Fractures And Fracture Intersections; Contact Of Morenci Shales And Modoc Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOURCE OF MINERALIZATION MAY BE RELATED TO MINERAL-BEARING INTRUSIVES ELSEWHERE IN DISTRICT; NO MINERALS FOUND IN FOOTWALL SHALES OR BASALT CAPPING OVER MODOC LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Discoverer Manuel Calderon
Year of first production 1940
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Copper Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Matt Danenhaver,
    Home office P.O. Box 422, Clifton, Az
    First year 1957

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 222.5M
    Overall depth 30.48M
    Overall length 302.06M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT INCLUDED ONE TUNNEL, CROSS-CUTS, TWO SHORT DRIFTS, RAISES, WINZES

Comments on development

  • OWNERS INCLUDED S.G. MURILLO, MATT DANENHAVER, ED DANENHAVER, GEORGE DANENHAVER, CHARLES K. BARNES; OPERATORS INCLUDED D.B. LEAKE, LOUIS HUBER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIMS TOTALLING 20 UNPATENTED LODE; MAXIMUM LENGTH OF OUTCROP EXCEEDS 1.0 MILE; CONTINUOUS MINERALIZED BED IRREGULARLY PENETRATES HANGING WALL OF FAULT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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