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London-Arizona Mine

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Molybdenum, Bismuth
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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. Production statistics
  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 10102439
MRDS ID M002098
Record type Site
Current site name London-Arizona Mine
Alternate or previous names London-Range, London-Shamrock, Brick Group, O'Carroll Claims, Ball Copper Co, Curtin Shaft
Related records 10112942

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.79458, 33.05981 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 4 MI N OF HAYDEN ON NW SIDE OF TORONADO PEAK, 1/2 MI S OF CHILITO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hayden(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

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 004S 015E 26,27 NW4 (26); NE4 (27) Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Malachite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Anhydrite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue
Vesuvianite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Percha Shale;Martin Formation
    Rock description Percha Shale;Martin Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.79458, 33.05981
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Complex

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Chocolate Fault, Base Of Martin Formation

Comments on the geologic information

  • LONDON-ARIZONA ORE DEPOSIT PROBABLY REPRESENTS THE OUTER PERIPHERA L ZONE OF A MAJOR ORE BODY WITH THE PORTIONS TOWARDS THE MAIN INTRU SIVE CONTACT BEING ERODED AWAY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Discoverer Watson
Year of last production 1950

Mining district

District name Banner District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Production statistics

  • Year 1913
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^16% Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 16wt-pct
  • Year 1916
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^4.5% Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 5wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • $1,050,000 PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1912 & 1928

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 99.06M

Comments on the workings information

  • 180 FT SHAFT ON LONDON-RANGE; 325 FT CURTIN SHAFT; SOME SHALLOW S HAFTS. OVER 1500 FT OF DRIFTS, TUNNELS, CROSSCUTS

Comments on development

  • IN 1913 THE LONDON-ARIZONA CONSOLIDATED COPPER CO MERGED LONDON-R ANGE, LONDON-ARIZONA, O'CARROLL & BALL SHAFTS, AND CURTIN (HUMPHREY) S HAFT, BUT SOME WERE LATER SPLIT. 132 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. OTHER OPERATOR S INCLUDED TORONADO GOLD MINING CO, DAVID HARTLEY, J.W. WRIGHT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, 1925, USGS BULL 771

  • Deposit

    BANKS & KRIEGER, 1977, USGS MAP GQ-1391

  • Deposit

    EASTLICK, 1968, GRATON-SALES VOLUME, P 1191-1210

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Production

    RANSOME, 1923; ROSS, 1925; EASTLICK, 1968

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002098 WITH RE CORD M030431 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS. SEE CURTIN OR HUMPHREY FOR INFORMATION ON ADJOINING MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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