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Leadville Mine Group

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Tungsten
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10281462
MRDS ID M050017
MAS/MILS ID 0040030167
Record type Site
Current site name Leadville Mine Group
Related records 10039390, 10258273

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.22454, 31.93733 (WGS84)
Elevation 1710
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Portal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017 S 030 E 24 SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.22454, 31.93733
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name California District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner California And Paradise Consolidated Mining Co
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Nebraska And Arizona Copper Co

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADDNL HOLDINGS IN T17S R30E SE1/4 SEC 24

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1973 ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187 P 53

  • Deposit

    DALE V B & OTHERS 1960 USBM RI 5650 P 14

  • Deposit

    BROWN SD 1993 USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 12-93 P 141

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACCORDING TO DALE, WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT 90 FT DEEP WITH A DRIFT AT THE BOTTOM 150 FT LONG, ANOTHER SHAFT IS 50 FT DEEP. ACCORDING TO KEITH, LEAD AND COPPER CARBONATES AND SULFIDES WITH SPOTTY SCHEELITE IN WEAKLY SILICIFIED, LOCALLY SHEARED, PERMIAN LIMESTONE INTRUDED BY PORPHYRY DIKES. PRODUCTION: ACCORDING TO KEITH, 560 ST OF ORE PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY BETWEEN 1904 AND 1951. ACCORDING TO DALE AND OTHERS, 11 CARLOADS OF HIGH-GRADE LEAD ORE WAS SHIPPED AFTER 1943. (THESE TWO AMOUNTS ARE COMPARABLE)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-JUL-93 ADMR/Brown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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