The Swansea Mine is a copper mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,601 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: 1,601 Feet (488 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 34.1675, -113.84278
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Swansea Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Swansea Mine
Secondary: Signal
Secondary: Copper Prince
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Swansea District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Clara Consolidated Mining Co.
Owner Name: John Challinor
Home Office: Phoenix, Az.
Years: 1971 - 1973
Production
Year: 1930
Time Period: 1910-1930
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3% Cu, 0.09 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Year Last Production: 1944
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Gold on flat faults
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2.5% CU
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Specularite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE.
Comment (Production): ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION DATA MAY INCLUDE SOME CLARA MINE PRODUCTION.
Comment (Development): PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE: CLARA CONSOLIDATED GOLD AND COPPER MINING CO.; WILTON-GRANT ORES AND METALS CO.; SWANSEA LEASE INC; SOUTH ARIZONA MINES CO.
Comment (Workings): ON THE SIGNAL PROPERTY THERE ARE SIX SHAFTS, TWO INCLINED AND FOUR VERTICAL.
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH LOW-ANGLE DETACHMENT FAULTING; OREBODIES ARE WITHIN AND IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE MICROBRECCIATED DETACHMENT SURFACE; IRREGULAR HYDROTHERMAL REPLACEMENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 451, P. 60.
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 140, P. 104.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT BULL 192, P. 174.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104 (10) KEITH, S.B., 1978
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