The Leroy Mine Group is a lead, zinc, silver, and copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
About the MRDS Data:
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:
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 32.18056, -109.58139
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Leroy Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Leroy Mine Group
Secondary: Black Hawk
Secondary: Climax
Secondary: Comet
Secondary: Onetda
Secondary: Gold Queen
Secondary: Standard
Secondary: Jack Dempsey
Secondary: Lost Hope
Secondary: War Eagle. Pamerset
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Mascot District, Dos Cabezas District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Vmp Leasing Co., Bean
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1890
Year Last Production: 1953
Discovery Year: 1890
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: R
Description: Quartz Monzonite Body Is In Fault Contact With Cret Sediments To The North And In Concordant Contact With Cambrian Sediments To The South. E-W Trends On Bedding And On Fault
Type: L
Description: Faulting And Shearing Within The Quartz Monzonite Cuts Ore Veins
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Niccolite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR SOUTHERN MOST SHAFT. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): A FEW THOUSAND TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1880'S AND SOME 4,000 TONS INTERMITTENTLY IN 1900'S UP TO 1950.
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED LEROY CONSERVATION OF MINES, DORSEY BROS., RICE BROS., ARILAND MINES CO., FRANK PETERSON, MILLER LEASING. Z.P. ISSACSON. 6 PATENTED CLAIMS IN 1964
Comment (Deposit): MOST VEINS STRIKE NE AND DIP 65 SE. ORE VEIN AT ONEIDA TUNNEL, N-S, 64W, 2 FT IN WIDTH.
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, CLIMAX AND LEROY, AND NUMEROUS TUNNELS AT LEAST 2000 FT WORKINGS IN CLIMAX, 3 LEVELS, 1500 FT WORKINGS ON LEROY, 3 LEVELS, AND ONE TUNNEL THE ONEIDA, IS 500 FT LONG, WITH 500 FT SIDE DRIFTS
Comment (Geology): ORE IN COARSELY-TEXTURED, CROSSCUTTING QUARTZ VEINS ALONG FAULT AND SHEARS CUTTING GRANITIC ROCKS. ACCOMPANIED BY INTRUSIVE DIABASE DIKES.
References
Reference (Deposit): ELSING, M.J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E.S., 1936, ARIZONA BUREAUOF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 91.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 137, 1934, P.120, 121.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, 62.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J.R,. 1960, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-231.
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, R.T., AND ROSEVEARE, G.H., 1969, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: U.S. 90TH CONGRESS, 2ND SESSION, SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, P. 257 AND 259.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 187.
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