| Deposit ID | 10048283 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M800408 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lakeman Group |
| Related records | 10137797 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.40621, 33.0651 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1323 |
| Relative position | 3.0 MILES SW OF MORENCI IN GOLD GULCH |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Greenlee(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Copperplate Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Clifton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Gila-San Carlos Reservoir(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Greenlee |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 004S | 029E | 19 | CENTER OF S2 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Hornblende | Gangue |
| Orthoclase | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Morenci Granite Porphyry | ||||||
| Rock description | Morenci Granite Porphyry | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -109.40621, 33.0651 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Porphyry Appears Regionally As Stocks, Sheets, And Dikes Tightly Interbedded With Sedimentary Rocks |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Porphyry Consists Largely Of Sills And Laccoliths Dipping 10-30 Sw Like The Sedimentary Strata; Most Claims Are Located On Extensive Exposures Of The Main Morenci Porphyry Stock |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N60E |
| Dip | 90 |
| Width | 3.05M |
| Depth to bottom | 60.96M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Discoverer | R.L. Lakeman |
| Year of first production | 1904 |
| Year of last production | 1935 |
| District name | Copper Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 143.26M |
| Overall depth | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800408 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040110130 |
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
BLM DISTRICT SHEET 841
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, LAKEMAN GROUP, MESSABI-MORENCI MINING COMPANY
USBM FILES, LAKEMEN GROUP
USGS PP 43, P. 292-296
BENNETT, 1975, M.S. THESIS, UNIV OF AZ, 153 P.
ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 137, P. 185
USGS BULL 1355, P. 15-16
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 8 PATENTED CLAIMS TOTALLING ABOUT 138 ACRES; VEIN AVERAGES 3 FT IN WIDTH |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1981 | Calder, Susan R. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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