The Long Tom Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Graham county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,899 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: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.57694, -110.33667
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Long Tom Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Long Tom Mine
Secondary: Knothe
Secondary: Roberts Gold
Secondary: Roberts Silver
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Graham
District: Rattlesnake 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: E. Knothe : R. C. Roberts
Years: 1934 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS (1965)
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL OPEN CUTS, A 40 FT SHAFT WITH A DRIFT 30 FT NORTH AND A STUB 20 FT LONG TO THE SOUTH FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT.
Comment (Production): YEARS OF RECORD: 1923 - 1928 , 1933 - 1935 .
References
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P. 194.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.
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