Ramsey Mine

Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Barium-Barite, Strontium, Vanadium
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027714
MRDS ID M003927
Record type Site
Current site name Ramsey Mine
Alternate or previous names R and A Mine
Related records 10235000

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.97884, 33.62895 (WGS84)
Relative position 20 MILES E. OF QUARTZ SITE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bear Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bouse Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 03N 17W 02 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Strontium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue
Celestite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SOME 8400 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 35 OZ AG/TON,1% PB, 0.5% ZN, 0.1% CU AND MINOR AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) Jurassic volcanic rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1921

Mining district

District name Neversweat District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Black Mesa Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1947, 18 CARS OF ORE PRODUCTION. 5 CLAIMS

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WITH SEVERAL LEVELS

Comments on development

  • WORKED NEARLY CONTINUOUSLY THROUGH 1969.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. FILE

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 192, P. 171.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPOTTY, BUT OFTEN LOCALLY HIGH-GRADE, OXIDIZED, LEAD, SILVER, ZINC AND COPPER MINERALIZATION WITH BARITE, CELESTITE, VANADINITE, AND MANGANESE AND IRON OXIDES, IN A WIDE VEIN ZONE OF FRACTURES AND FISSURES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1993 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.