The Gallagher Vanadium & Rare Minerals Corporation Mine is a gold, lead, silver, and vanadium mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
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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:
Commodity: Gold, Lead, Silver, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 31.64583, -110.14722
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Gallagher Vanadium & Rare Minerals Corporation Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gallagher Vanadium & Rare Minerals Corporation Mine
Secondary: Bradsher
Secondary: Stella
Secondary: Vogel
Secondary: Buena Vista
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Vanadium
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Tombstone District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: Gallagher Vanadium And Rare Minerals Corp.
Years: 1952 -
Owner Name: Mr. G. Neil Vogel
Years: 1952 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1929
Year Last Production: 1953
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: VEIN
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: No Alteration In Vanadates - Unusual For Vanadate Deposits
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Mimetite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979); 01
Comment (Deposit): 24 CLAIMS IN GROUP. ONE CLAIM PATENTED IN 1952, REST UNPATENTED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): RECORD INFORMATION ALSO SUPPLIED BY ABGMT. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000113 OF RICHARD P. FISCHER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS.
Comment (Production): SOME 670 TONS ORE PRODUCED MAINLY IN 1952.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS VARY FROM A FEW INCHES TO 10 FT, AVERAGE 4 FT, ZONES UP TO 100 FT WIDE
Comment (Workings): BRADSHAW SHAFT, 240 FT; STELLA SHAFT 120 FT, INCLINED 5 FT BY 9 FT; OTHER SHAFTS 30 TO 75 FT; AND NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 76.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): GALBRAITH, 1941, ABM BULL 149, P. 63.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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