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Ireland Mine

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodity Lead
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046308
MRDS ID M241211
Record type Site
Current site name Ireland Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Star Lead Proberty, Ireland Shaft
Related records 10234014

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.75763, 33.41341 (WGS84)
Elevation 1295
Relative position ABOUT 0.9 MILES SOUTH OF BUCKEYE MOUNTAIN

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 22 CENTER OF E2 OF E2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 1 1/2 MILES ENE OF GLOBE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chert Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES FROM DRIFT AND MINE HEAD AVERAGE 15% LEAD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Troy Quartzite;Mescal Limestone
    Rock description Troy Quartzite;Mescal Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.75763, 33.41341
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Faults Which Form Contacts With Prec Diabase 1/4 Mile Nw In Globe Dominion Area

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES AND SHOOTS
    Length 30.48M
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ene Trending Fault Fissure In Quartzite

Comments on the geologic information

  • ADMR FILE MENTIONS MONZONITE IN THE AREA WHICH IS POSSIBLY ETERT. MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH ETERT INTRUSIONS, AND ETERT SCHULTZE GRANITE IS EXPOSED 1 MI W AT OLD DOMINION MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1939

Mining district

District name Globe Hills District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Charles Ireland
    First year 1939
  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Ireland And Zella Storm
    First year 1943

Comments on the production information

  • AN ESTIMATED 100 TONS OF 15% LEAD ORE WAS SHIPPED FROM THIS MINE PRIOR TO 1939, WHEN 17.7 TONS OF 35% SORTED LEAD ORE WAS SHIPPED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT WITH DRIFTING AT 70 FOOT LEVEL AND STOPING AT 40 FOOT LEVEL; ALSO OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 342, 1962, PLATE 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE CONFINED TO A FRACTURE IN QUARTZITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 Roth, Frances A. (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.

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