The Money Metals Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,101 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: 4,101 Feet (1,250 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 33.44083, -110.91472
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Money Metals Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Money Metals Mine
Secondary: Slumbering Beauty Group
Secondary: Sleeping Beauty Mountain?
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Miami-Inspiration 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: Louis Ellsworth
Years: 1962 -
Production
Year: 1919
Time Period: 1928 - 19
Material type: PB
Description: Cp_Grade: ^7.5 To 14.5 %
Year: 1919
Time Period: 1928 - 19
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10 Oz/Ton
Year: 1919
Time Period: 1928 - 19
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.4 Oz/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1928
Year Last Production: 1940
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: LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Diabase Granite Contact Probably Represents An Old Fault Along Which The Apache Group Had Been Down Dropped Into Contact With The Granite Before Intrusion Of The Diabase
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gouge And Breccia Are Largely Replaced By Quartz, Pyrite, And Chalcopyrite
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): COMPOSED OF 9 PATENTED AND 12 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE LOUIS WINN, KENNETH HOOPES AND MONEY METALS CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. (A.R.EDWARDS AND RALPH CLARK,OWNERS)
Comment (Workings): OLD WORKINGS, ALL INACCESSIBLE, INCLUDE AN INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 65, 100, AND 190 FT, TWO VERTICAL SHAFTS AND AN INCLINE OF 40, 50 AND 100 FT RESPECTIVELY, ALSO SEVERAL SHORT ADITS
Comment (Production): ABOUT 176 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED UNTIL OCTOBER 1943
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA
Reference (Production): USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342 , P. 122
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, N. P., 1962 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342 , P. 122 .
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, N. P., 1950 , ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS PART I; ABM BULLETIN 156 , P. 111 .
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
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