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Langley Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026907
MRDS ID M000970
Record type Site
Current site name Langley Mine
Alternate or previous names Red Rose
Related records 10186061

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.68873, 31.38403 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 20 MILES E. OF NOGALES., Used Usbm Files

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harshaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023S 016E 35 E2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Scherrer Formation
    Rock description Scherrer Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.68873, 31.38403
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mineral Deposits Of Washington-Duquesne Area Occupy A Limestone-Sediment Belt (2.5 Miles Long And 1.25 Miles Wide) Surrounded By Igneous Rocks Which Also Form Detached Masses And Dikes Within Belt

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Irregular Replacement Bodies Along Contact Between Limestone And Rhyolite

Comments on the geologic information

  • VOLCANIC ROCKS INCLUDE RHYOLITIC, ALKALI RHYOLITIC, AND QUARTZ LATITIC LAVA, TUFF, AND WELDED TUFF ; GEOL.DESC: CONTACT BETWEEN RHYOLITE AND LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Washington Camp District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO FIGURES. ORE HAS BEEN SHIPPED. APPLICATION MADE FOR $20,000 RFC LOAN; NOT GRANTED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORATION PROSPECT; EXTENT OF DEVELOPMENT UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RFC B-54.

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES, LANGLEY.

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000).

  • Deposit

    LEHMAN, NORMAN E., 1978, THE GEOLOGY AND PYROMETASOMATIC ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WASHINGTON CAMP-DUQUESNE DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; PHD. DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 126-143, MAPS.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, USGS BULL. 582.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTACT ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-82 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-JUL-90 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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