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Apex Mine

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper, Aluminum
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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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109789
MRDS ID M241235
Record type Site
Current site name Apex Mine
Alternate or previous names Lavell, San Bernado, Jr., Gold-Copper Properties
Related records 10233570, 10233600

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.78966, 33.07064 (WGS84)
Elevation 1295
Relative position 1 1/4 MILES NORTH OF TORNADO PEAK, 6 MILES NNW OF WINKLEMAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Neversweat Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Little Horn Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 015E 22;23 NW OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • APEX CLAIMS ARE IN SECTION 15, ADJOINING CLAIM GROUP ALSO EXTENDS INTO SECTION 22. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore
Galena Ore
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Metamorphism Of Limestone Produced Marble; Anhydrite, Magnetite, And Hematite. Extensive Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Martin Formation;Abrigo Formation
    Rock description Martin Formation;Abrigo Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) Orocopia Schist
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Complex Faulting, Major Faults With N-S Trend, Including O'Carroll Fault 1/4 Mile E, Other N-S And Ne Trending Faults. In Horst Between Two Major Faults, The O'Carroll And The Keystone
Type of structure Local
Structure description E-W Trending Quartz Latite Porphyry Dikes, And One Ne Trending Dike. Abrigo And Martin Formation Beds Strike Nne To Ne, Dip 9-15se

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike NE
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 0.61M
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Quartz Latite Porphyry Dikes And Along Limestone Bedding Planes, Where Beds Are Broken By Steeply Inclined Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST OF THE ORE DEPOSIT IS IN DEVONIAM LIMESTONE. HIGH GRADE ORE CONTAINED COARSE WIRE GOLD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1910
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Banner District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 12 TUNNELS AND SIX SHAFTS IN 1918. TUNNELS UP TO 320 FT IN LENGTH. ESTIMATE OF TOTAL WORKING LENGTH 2000 FT

Comments on development

  • LAVELL GOLD MINING CO WAS MAIN OPERATOR. OTHER OPERATORS WERE: ARIZONA APEX MINING CO, HARRY MILLER, PARNALL GOLD MINING CO, A.M. ROBERTS, T.J. ANDERSON, S.G. STEWART. 19 CLAIMS IN 1918.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-1391.

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ABMR APEX MINE FILE.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 771, 1925, P 63-64.

  • Deposit

    JOHN T. EASTLICK, 1968, IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967. GRATON-SALES VOLUME, JOHN D. RIDGE EDITOR. AIME, INC, NEW YORK, VOL II, P. 1192.

  • Deposit

    GALBRAITH, FREDERIC W., 1947, MINERALS OF ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN NO. 153, P. 70.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS NEAR DIKES; AND FLAT-LYING REPLACEMENTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-OCT-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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