Wedge Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Gold, 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. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109885
MRDS ID M899900
Record type Site
Current site name Wedge Mine
Alternate or previous names Wedge Lead

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.23848, 33.16537 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position .5 MILES S-SW OF MINERAL MOUNTAIN (ELV. 3351)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003S 011E 17 CENTER OF SW OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • JUST NE OF THE OKLAHOMA MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist
    Rock description Pinal Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.23848, 33.16537

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tertiary Intrusives Around Mineral Mountain Area

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N25W
    Dip 70W
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N-S To N25w Striking Fissure Veins, W Dip

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION AGE PROBABLY SAME AS TERT INTRUSIONS IN AREA. TERT QUARTZ LATITE 15.8-17.4 M.Y. APPROX 100 M E OF MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1941
Year of last production 1949

Mining district

District name Mineral Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner L. Greenhaw 42), Lewis Rahn , Tenney And Better
    First year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner L. Greenhaw
    First year 1943

Comments on development

  • 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES-WEDGE #2 FILE

  • Deposit

    USBM-FILE DATA CLUSTER #966

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 MAJOR VEINS PRESENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) 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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