Albert Lea Mine

The Albert Lea Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,999 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

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Site Name

Primary: Albert Lea Mine
Secondary: Lea Tunnels

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Globe Hills 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: Ceferino Liano
Home Office: Globe, Az.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Year Last Production: 1946
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

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Mineralization Terminated To W By A Steep Ne Striking Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Hemimorphite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Descloizite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Vanadinite
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDE ORTEGA & COCHRAN

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M003136 WITH RECORD M030446 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. A DUPLICATE RECORD OF THIS SITE, D000086, BY RICHARD P. FISCHER HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Production): MOST OF THE PRODUCTION WAS OBTAINED FROM SMALL STOPES BETWEEN THE SUBLEVELS AND ABOVE THE DRIFT ON THE ADIT LEVEL

Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS AS BUNCHES & SHOOTS ALONG VEIN IN QUARTZITE BRECCIA.

Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS WITH DRIFTS & CROSSCUTS

Comment (Geology): BRECCIA FRAGMENTS AND FRACTURES ALONG VEIN ARE COMMONLY COATED BY THIN CRUSTS OF VANADINITE OR DESCLOIZITE. MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH LCRET-TERT INTRUSIVE PERIOD.

Comment (Location): NEAR SOUTH BOUNDARY OF SEC 22. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964

References

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): PETERSON, 1962, P. 124; ABM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, 1962, USGS PP 342, P. 124.

Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, 1950, ABM BULL. 156, P. 105.

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