Lelan-Dividend Mine

The Lelan-Dividend Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,659 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Lelan-Dividend Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

Elevation: 5,659 Feet (1,725 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 34.47417, -112.31667

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Mine Description

The Lelan mine is on a ridge southwest of the Jessie.

This deposit was discovered during the sixties. Browne’s report for 1868 states that 60 tons of ore from the Dividend mine, treated in the Big Bug (Henrietta) mill, yielded $20 per ton in free gold.95 At that time however, it was not of commercial grade. According to Lindgren, the Lelan and Dividend were Worked more or less from 1900 to 1914, and during part of that time were equipped with a 10-stamp mill. He states that their ore production prior to 1923 was probably at least 10,000 tons which contained from a half to 3 ounces of gold per ton, together With a little silver, copper, and lead.“ In 1932 and 1933, the property was operated by the Southern Exploration Company with a force of about twenty-five men. This company erected a IDG-ton flotation-concentration plant and produced concentrates during part of 1933. Operations were suspended at the end of the year.

The vein, which is a continuation of the Union, strikes northeastward and dips steeply southeastward. It is opened by a 500-foot Shaft inclined at 80°, with development on levels. Most of the recent production is reported to have come from the fourth level. The vein is rather lenticular and ranges up to several feet in Width. Its consists of massive, shiny White quartz with irregular masses, seams, and disseminations of pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and galena. The gold occurs in the sulphides.

Text from Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining, Arizona Bureau of Mines. Original 1934, revised 1967

Lelan-Dividend Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lelan-Dividend Mine
Secondary: Lelan
Secondary: Dividend


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc


Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Ticonderoga District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Unknown


Ownership

Owner Name: Southwest Exploration Co. (1930'S)


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Year Last Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1865
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Veins Tend To Parallel Foliation

Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Country Rocks Trends N25e


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 74.000000+-2.000000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Tertiary
Age Old: Late Cretaceous

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 74.000000+-2.000000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Tertiary
Age Old: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S

Comment (Workings): 500 FT SHAFT INCLINED AT 80 DEGREES

Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS VEIN AND/OR DIKE-VEIN OF RHYOLITE PORPHYRY WHICH CUTS GRANODIORITE PLUTON

Comment (Location): LELAN SHAFT ON GALENA CLAIM. DIVIDEND SHAFT ON DIVIDEND GENERAL CLAIM. DIVIDEND SHAFT IS 650 FT NE OF LELAN SHAFT. UTM COORDINATES TO DIVIDEND SHAFT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPED ON 5 LEVELS


References

Reference (Deposit): USGS GQ MAP 997

Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P. 38

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1336, PLATE 1


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