The Langley Mine is a lead mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,499 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 31.38389, -110.68806
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Langley Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Langley Mine
Secondary: Red Rose
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Washington Camp 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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Mineral Deposits Of Washington-Duquesne Area Occupy A Limestone-Sediment Belt (2.5 Miles Long And 1.25 Miles Wide) Surrounded By Igneous Rocks Which Also Form Detached Masses And Dikes Within Belt
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Permian
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Permian
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): NO FIGURES. ORE HAS BEEN SHIPPED. APPLICATION MADE FOR $20,000 RFC LOAN; NOT GRANTED.
Comment (Deposit): CONTACT ZONE
Comment (Workings): EXPLORATION PROSPECT; EXTENT OF DEVELOPMENT UNKNOWN
Comment (Geology): VOLCANIC ROCKS INCLUDE RHYOLITIC, ALKALI RHYOLITIC, AND QUARTZ LATITIC LAVA, TUFF, AND WELDED TUFF ; GEOL.DESC: CONTACT BETWEEN RHYOLITE AND LIMESTONE
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, USGS BULL. 582.
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, LANGLEY.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000).
Reference (Deposit): LEHMAN, NORMAN E., 1978, THE GEOLOGY AND PYROMETASOMATIC ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WASHINGTON CAMP-DUQUESNE DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; PHD. DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 126-143, MAPS.
Reference (Deposit): U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.
Reference (Deposit): RFC B-54.
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