Albert Lea Mine

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Vanadium, Molybdenum
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10027459
MRDS ID M003136
Record type Site
Current site name Albert Lea Mine
Alternate or previous names Lea Tunnels
Related records 10209465

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.76375, 33.40925 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 1.5 MI NE OF GLOBE; 1 MI S OF BUCKEYE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Globe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001N 15E 22 SW4 OF SE4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR SOUTH BOUNDARY OF SEC 22. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Descloizite Ore
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Troy Quartzite
    Rock description Troy Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.76375, 33.40925

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralization Terminated To W By A Steep Ne Striking Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip 75N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins In Quartzite Breccia

Comments on the geologic information

  • BRECCIA FRAGMENTS AND FRACTURES ALONG VEIN ARE COMMONLY COATED BY THIN CRUSTS OF VANADINITE OR DESCLOIZITE. MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH LCRET-TERT INTRUSIVE PERIOD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1941
Year of last production 1946

Mining district

District name Globe Hills District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ceferino Liano
    Home office Globe, Az.

Comments on the production information

  • MOST OF THE PRODUCTION WAS OBTAINED FROM SMALL STOPES BETWEEN THE SUBLEVELS AND ABOVE THE DRIFT ON THE ADIT LEVEL

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M
    Overall depth 42.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS WITH DRIFTS & CROSSCUTS

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDE ORTEGA & COCHRAN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, 1950, ABM BULL. 156, P. 105.

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, 1962, USGS PP 342, P. 124.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    PETERSON, 1962, P. 124; ABM FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS AS BUNCHES & SHOOTS ALONG VEIN IN QUARTZITE BRECCIA.
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M003136 WITH RECORD M030446 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. A DUPLICATE RECORD OF THIS SITE, D000086, BY RICHARD P. FISCHER HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-83 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-73 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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