Lelan-Dividend Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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 10048151
MRDS ID M800196
Record type Site
Current site name Lelan-Dividend Mine
Alternate or previous names Lelan, Dividend
Related records 10210384

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.31741, 34.47422 (WGS84)
Elevation 1725
Relative position 3.2 MILES NORTHEAST OF POLAND JUNCTION, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poland Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott 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 Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013N 001W 25 SE OF SE OF SW OF SW OF SW OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LELAN SHAFT ON GALENA CLAIM. DIVIDEND SHAFT ON DIVIDEND GENERAL CLAIM. DIVIDEND SHAFT IS 650 FT NE OF LELAN SHAFT. UTM COORDINATES TO DIVIDEND SHAFT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Late Cretaceous
    Chronological age 74
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Late Cretaceous
    Chronological age 74
    Dating method K-Ar

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.31741, 34.47422

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Tend To Parallel Foliation
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Country Rocks Trends N25e

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N60E TO N70E
    Dip 80 SE
    Thickness 2.44M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to bottom 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS VEIN AND/OR DIKE-VEIN OF RHYOLITE PORPHYRY WHICH CUTS GRANODIORITE PLUTON

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Year of first production 1906
Year of last production 1937

Mining district

District name Ticonderoga District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Southwest Exploration Co. (1930'S)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 500 FT SHAFT INCLINED AT 80 DEGREES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS GQ MAP 997

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 137, P. 38

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1336, PLATE 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEVELOPED ON 5 LEVELS
Deposit Discovery Year: 1860'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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