The Maricopa Mine is a gold mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,402 feet.
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: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.88, -111.96139
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Maricopa Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Maricopa Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Cave Creek 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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Barney Lumbert And Hamilton Chandler
Years: 1972 -
Owner Name: Lewis, A. S.
Home Office: Cave Creek, Az.
Years: 1939 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1970
Discovery Year: 1882
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: PINCH AND SWELL RAPIDLY
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.5% MO
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Vanadinite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964
Comment (Reserve-Resource): SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF $8 GOLD ORE
Comment (Production): PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY IN 1939
Comment (Workings): 25-TON MILLING PLANT-YEAR NOT KNOWN; ADIT WITH WINZE AND AT LEAST 2 SHAFTS
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002782 WITH RE CORD M800117 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS. RECORD # D000081 BY RICHARD P. FISCHER HAS ALSO BEEN INCORPORATED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Development): CLAIMS INCLUDE APOCIREM, OPHIR NO. 3, HEART, KATHERINE; PREVIOUS OWNERS/OPERATORS INCLUDE PHOENIX CO, BLACK JACK NEWMAN, PLATT & TRANER , CHARLES DAVIES, LEE ROTNER, ALFRED STRONG
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): WILSON ET AL, 1941, ABM BULL 137, P. 164
Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): LEWIS, 1920, E & MJ, V 110, P. 713-716
Reference (Deposit): MINING JOURNAL, VARIOUS ISSUES, 1939
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA
Reference (Production): WILSON ET AL, 1934
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