L.S.And A.Lake Superior and Az.

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Manganese, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10210810
MRDS ID M000244
MAS/MILS ID 0040210596
Record type Site
Current site name L.S.And A.Lake Superior and Az.
Alternate or previous names Golden Eagle, Monarch Vein, Patented Claims M S 2994, Patented Claims M S 2860, Queen Creek-Magma Mine, Superior Manganese, Lake Superior and Arizona, Gold Eagle

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.0901, 33.29819 (WGS84)
Elevation 892

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Superior(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

Tonto 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 Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001 S 012 E 36 S2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Gold Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.0901, 33.29819

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00E
    Dip 30E
    Thickness 6M
    Width 1.8M
    Depth to top 427M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Strike And Dip N00E:30E
    Date of Last Modification 910910

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALS ALSO INCLUDE MANGANESE OXIDES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1904

Mining district

District name Superior

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tobacco Root Mining Co., Inc.
    Year 1987
  • Type Operator
    Owner John Geyer, Mining Engineer
    Year 1987

Production statistics

  • Year 1905
    Description Ore At 31.6% Cu, 2.2 Tr Oz/St Au 13 Carloads Of Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 70g/mt
    Trace Ore Copper Copper 32wt-pct
  • Year 1941
    Period 1907-1941
    Description 1907-1941 39416 Tr Oz Au, 1641000 Lb Cu, 73842 Tr Oz Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 2296743.24g
    Trace Copper Copper 744345.07mt
    Major Gold Gold 1225974.8g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY EXTENS INTO SEC 35

  • Deposit

    ADMR L.S.AND A. MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    JONES,E L.JR AND F L RANSOM,USGS BULL 710-D,PP159,163

  • Deposit

    RANSOME,F L,USGS 540-D,PP7,8,19

  • Deposit

    SHORT,M N ET AL,ABM BULL 151,PP,62-63,135-139,15

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM,L.L.ET AL,USBM IC 7990,1961,PP124,126,134-136

  • Deposit

    USGS SUPERIOR QUAD

  • Deposit

    ADMR MAGMA COPPER CO.MISCELLANEOUS #1 FILE

  • Deposit

    ELSING,M.J.AND E.S.HEINEMAN,USGS BULL 140,1939,P99

  • Deposit

    AMJ JULY 1922 P 35

  • Deposit

    ADMR U FILE

  • Deposit

    WILSON,E D AZ LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING ABM BUL 137

  • Deposit

    1967 P 169-170

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-SEP-91 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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