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Leadville Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026998
MRDS ID M001676
Record type Site
Current site name Leadville Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.23064, 31.93735 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI W OF PARADISE, AND A SHAFT 1/8 MI NE OF PARADISE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Portal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 17S;17S 31E;30E 19;24 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SEC. 19, SE 1/4 SEC. 24. UTM GIVEN IS FOR WORKINGS IN SECTION 24 W OF PARADISE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LEAD AND COPPER CARBONATES AND SULFIDES WITH SPOTTY SCHEELITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bisbee Group
    Rock description Bisbee Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.23064, 31.93735
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Porphyritic Dikes On Both Sides Of Ore-Bearing Limestone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N45W
    Dip 60SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • WORKINGS N OF PARADISE (SEC 19) NOT DESCRIBED IN DETAIL HERE; MAY BE IN PERM NACO GROUP LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Discoverer G.A. Walker
Year of first production 1887
Year of last production 1951

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Chamberlain And Morrow, Ca.Ornia And Paradise Consolidated Mining Co, Nebras,A And Arizona Copper Co
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sanders, William
    First year 1964

Comments on the production information

  • A TOTAL OF ABOUT 560 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY BETWEEN 1904 AND 1951.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE 90 FT SHAFT, INCLINED, AND 200 FT SHAFT, INCLINED 60, WITH WORKING LEVELS EVERY 40 FT

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED CHAMBERLAIN & MORROW, CALIFORNIA & PARADISE CONSOLIDATED MINING CO., NEBRASKA & ARIZONA COPPER CO, MCLINTOCK AND OLNEY, GEORGE WALKER; CLAIMS INCLUDE LEADVILLE, MONTE VISTA, MONE VISTA, SILVER GULCH EXTENSION, SEC 24, AND DIVISOR, SEC 19; 10 CLAIMS PATENTED IN 1908

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 53.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    COOPER, 1959, USGS MAP MF-213

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A VEIN 18 IN WIDE HAS STRIKE AND DIP GIVEN. A PIPE 1.5 TO 4 FT WIDE, 6 TO 8 FT HIGH WITH A 45 DEP IS ALSO BEING WORKED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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