Live Oak

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Semiprecious Gemstone, Gemstone
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. 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027319
MRDS ID M002862
Record type Site
Current site name Live Oak
Alternate or previous names Live Oak Shaft, Keystone Shaft
Related records 10282520

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.90736, 33.40397 (WGS84)
Elevation 1242
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI. SW OF INSPIRATION , 1/4 MILE NW OF LIVE OAK PIT, IN BARNEY CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Inspiration(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 014E 26 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Semiprecious Gemstone Secondary
Gemstone Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME GEM QUALITY CHRYSOCOLLA.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.90736, 33.40397

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tert Dacite Overlies Schultze Granite In Mine Area.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Fault Zone Through Shaft Parallel To Barney Fault 300 Ft Nw

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Width 0.46M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEE USGS PP 342, PLATE 1 FOR DETAILS OF GEOLOGY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Miami-Inspiration District

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Tonto National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER INSPIRATION MINE IN ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION FILE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1524M
    Overall depth 359.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • 330 FT KEYSTONE SHAFT IS APPROXIMATELY 500 FT NE OF LIVE OAK 1 SHAFT, WHICH WAS 500 FT DEEP IN 1912. SHAFT 2 IS ABOUT 1000 FT SW OF SHAFT 1, AND IS 1180 FT DEEP WITH WORKINGS ON 800 AND 900 FT LEVELS, AND CONNECTIONS TO SHAFT 1.

Comments on development

  • OPERATED MAINLY IN 1897 TO 1920, WITH MAIN PRODUCTION BEFORE 1910. NOW INACTIVE BUT ADJOINING PIT IS ACTIVE. ; ECON.COM: QUALITY GEM MATERIAL SOLD FOR AS MUCH AS $100/LB (1969).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIVE OAK PIT IS MAJOR PIT TO SE. SEE INSPIRATION, W002673 FOR MORE DETAILS ON LIVE OAK AREA GEOLOGY. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC10266 OF M. CARBONARO WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit HIGH SILICA, GEM QUALITY CHRYSOCOLLA FOUND IN THE UPPER OR OXIDIZED PARTS OF THE CU DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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