The Leadville Group is a lead, silver, and copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Leadville Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Leadville Group
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: California 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
Owner Name: Sanders, William
Years: 1964 -
Owner Name: Chamberlain And Morrow, Ca.Ornia And Paradise Consolidated Mining Co, Nebras,A And Arizona Copper Co
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1887
Year Last Production: 1951
Discovery Year: 1887
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Porphyritic Dikes On Both Sides Of Ore-Bearing Limestone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SEC. 19, SE 1/4 SEC. 24. UTM GIVEN IS FOR WORKINGS IN SECTION 24 W OF PARADISE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Commodity): LEAD AND COPPER CARBONATES AND SULFIDES WITH SPOTTY SCHEELITE.
Comment (Production): A TOTAL OF ABOUT 560 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY BETWEEN 1904 AND 1951.
Comment (Deposit): A VEIN 18 IN WIDE HAS STRIKE AND DIP GIVEN. A PIPE 1.5 TO 4 FT WIDE, 6 TO 8 FT HIGH WITH A 45 DEP IS ALSO BEING WORKED
Comment (Workings): ONE 90 FT SHAFT, INCLINED, AND 200 FT SHAFT, INCLINED 60, WITH WORKING LEVELS EVERY 40 FT
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED CHAMBERLAIN & MORROW, CALIFORNIA & PARADISE CONSOLIDATED MINING CO., NEBRASKA & ARIZONA COPPER CO, MCLINTOCK AND OLNEY, GEORGE WALKER; CLAIMS INCLUDE LEADVILLE, MONTE VISTA, MONE VISTA, SILVER GULCH EXTENSION, SEC 24, AND DIVISOR, SEC 19; 10 CLAIMS PATENTED IN 1908
Comment (Geology): WORKINGS N OF PARADISE (SEC 19) NOT DESCRIBED IN DETAIL HERE; MAY BE IN PERM NACO GROUP LIMESTONE
References
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, 1959, USGS MAP MF-213
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 53.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
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