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Irene Mine

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027465
MRDS ID M003151
Record type Site
Current site name Irene Mine
Alternate or previous names Liberty
Related records 10233764

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.78708, 33.43647 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES N OF GLOBE

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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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 015E 12,13 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Willemite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) The Oxidized Vein Matter Is A Soft, Porous Mass Consisting Largely Of Quartz, Chlorite, Quartzite Fragments, And Altered And Partly Replaced Diabase. Limonite And Powderly Masses Of Manganese Oxides Are Also Abundant Constituents.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.78708, 33.43647
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Irene Fault And Vein Trends Ene, With Diabase Out Crop To N Of Fault. Dripping Springs Quartzite With Underlying Pioneer Formation Are S Of The Fault.
Type of structure Local
Structure description The Diabase Was Probably Intruded Along The Fault. Renewed Movement On The Fault After The Intrusion Of The Diabase Produced The Breccia Zone Along The Diabase Quartzite Contact Which Later Became The Channel Of Mineralizing Solutions. There Was Also Slight Displacement Along The Fault After Mineralization Took Place.

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 80 E
    Dip 75 N
    Width 9.14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH ETERT 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 1913
Year of last production 1947

Mining district

District name Globe Hills District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M
    Overall depth 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS WHICH GIVE ACCESS TO DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, RAISES, AND A WINZE.

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNERS/OPERATORS INCLUDE LIBERTY MINING CO,COMSTOCK EXTENSION MINING CO (TROJANOVICK, PRESIDENT), AMERICAN SMELTING AND REFINING CO (1945), GLOBE-MIAMI COPPER ZINC CO.(1953); CLAIMS INCLUDE TIPTOP, CONFIDENCE, KENTUCKY, COMMONER,COMSTOCK, EMPIRE, DEPENDER, ALICE, EUREKA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, N. P., 1950 , ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 156 , P. 10 .

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, N. P., 1962 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342 , P. 119 .

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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