Lorraine Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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. 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 10046296
MRDS ID M241194
Record type Site
Current site name Lorraine Mine
Alternate or previous names Fuhrmann Mine
Related records 10259441

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.97514, 33.32148 (WGS84)
Elevation 1359
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1 MILE SE OF HUTTON PEAK, Mine Located On Quadrangle But No Utm Grid On Quad (Utm Estimate)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinal Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto 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 Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001S 014E 19 SE OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Schultze Granite
    Rock description Schultze Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist
    Rock description Pinal Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.97514, 33.32148

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation Strikes Ne, Dips Steeply Se. Schultze Granite Outcrops 1/4 Mile N Of Mine
Type of structure Local
Structure description Admr Reports Diorite Dike At Mine, Unmapped By Peterson (Bull 1141-H, 1963)

Ore body information

  • Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1920
Year of last production 1962

Mining district

District name Summit District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Olson, Oscar M.
    First year 1961

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.153HA
    Length 243.84M
    Overall length 53.34M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL DRIVEN 350 FT BY 1930

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED BEN FUHRMANN, 1920-1924, PINAL COPPER CO., ELTON CLARK, LORRAINE COPPER CO. JOSEPH MURCHESE, AND JOSEPH KINGSLEY, 1944.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ADMR LORRAINE FILE

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1141-H, 1963

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 FT WIDTH OF HEAVY COPPER CARBONATE MINERALIZATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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