The Live Oak is a copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,075 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: 4,075 Feet (1,242 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.40389, -110.90667
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Live Oak MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Live Oak
Secondary: Live Oak Shaft
Secondary: Keystone Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Semiprecious Gemstone
Secondary: Gemstone
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.
Administrative Organization: Tonto National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: LINEAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tert Dacite Overlies Schultze Granite In Mine Area.
Type: L
Description: Ne Trending Fault Zone Through Shaft Parallel To Barney Fault 300 Ft Nw
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Comments
Comment (Deposit): LIVE OAK PIT IS MAJOR PIT TO SE. SEE INSPIRATION, W002673 FOR MORE DETAILS ON LIVE OAK AREA GEOLOGY. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC10266 OF M. CARBONARO WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): SEE USGS PP 342, PLATE 1 FOR DETAILS OF GEOLOGY.
Comment (Development): OPERATED MAINLY IN 1897 TO 1920, WITH MAIN PRODUCTION BEFORE 1910. NOW INACTIVE BUT ADJOINING PIT IS ACTIVE. ; ECON.COM: QUALITY GEM MATERIAL SOLD FOR AS MUCH AS $100/LB (1969).
Comment (Deposit): HIGH SILICA, GEM QUALITY CHRYSOCOLLA FOUND IN THE UPPER OR OXIDIZED PARTS OF THE CU DEPOSIT.
Comment (Workings): 330 FT KEYSTONE SHAFT IS APPROXIMATELY 500 FT NE OF LIVE OAK 1 SHAFT, WHICH WAS 500 FT DEEP IN 1912. SHAFT 2 IS ABOUT 1000 FT SW OF SHAFT 1, AND IS 1180 FT DEEP WITH WORKINGS ON 800 AND 900 FT LEVELS, AND CONNECTIONS TO SHAFT 1.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Commodity): SOME GEM QUALITY CHRYSOCOLLA.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER INSPIRATION MINE IN ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION FILE
References
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, N.P., 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342, P. 137.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1919, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF RAY AND MIAMI, ARIZONA: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 115, P. 96.
Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1969, GEM MATERIALS, IN USGS, ABM, AND USBR, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 359.
Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
Reference (Production): USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342 .
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