The Iron Reef Prospect is a lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Graham county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,249 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: 5,249 Feet (1,600 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Zinc
Lat, Long: 32.97, -110.32472
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Iron Reef Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Reef Prospect
Secondary: Landsman Group
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Manganese
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: Graham
District: Aravaipa 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Frank Landsmen
Years: 1925 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fracturing Transverse To Bedding. Landsman Camp Fault.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS 1 % CU, LITTLE GOLD
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Actinolite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): COMPACT GROUP OF 37 UNPATENTED CLAIMS (1925), NO ORE HAS BEEN SHIPPED.
Comment (Deposit): 37 UNPATENTED CLAIMS WITHIN THE GROUP ( 1943 ). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 763, P. 103
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