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Montezuma Mine

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Antimony, Vanadium, Iron
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046346
MRDS ID M241372
Record type Site
Current site name Montezuma Mine
Alternate or previous names Arizona Lead Co. Mine, Ryland, Palmer Mine
Related records 10210503

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.67075, 33.85423 (WGS84)
Elevation 585
Relative position ABOUT 1.8 MILES NORTH OF RED CLIFF.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wickenburg SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006N 004W 22 NW OF NW OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE WEST BANK OF THE HASSAYAMPA RIVER. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.67075, 33.85423
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tert Volcanic Rocks Overlie Prec Schist. Volcanic Rocks Trend Nw, Dip Approx 20 Ne
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Dike At Mine (Admr, 1946)

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granite-Schist Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN RANGE OVERALL, ALKALI RHYOLITES ARE 18-25 M.Y., WITH YOUNGER PORPHYRITIC INTRUSIONS. SO AGE OF VOLCANIC HOSTS AND MINERALIZATION IS PROBABLY MIOCENE. NO DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAP OF AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1863
Year of last production 1947

Mining district

District name Vulture District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. Payne Palmer (President, Arizona Lead Co.)
    First year 1942

Comments on the production information

  • MAJOR PRODUCTION LIMITED TO THE FIRST AND SECOND WORLD WARS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT SHAFT, 100 FEET OF RAISES, 200 FEET OF TUNNELS, 200 FEET OF CROSS CUTS, 150 FEET OF STOPES

Comments on development

  • SAID TO HAVE BEEN WORKED BY INDIANS AND SPANIARDS IN THE 1800'S PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDE FRANK WRIGHT, ARIZONA LEAD CO., GEORGE DILLARD, Y.E. HURT, DANIEL AND CAMPBELL, E. ROGERS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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