Ramsey Mine

The Ramsey Mine is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in La Paz county, Arizona.

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

Name: Ramsey Mine

State:  Arizona

County:  La Paz

Elevation:

Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver

Lat, Long: 33.62889, -113.97806

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Ramsey Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ramsey Mine
Secondary: R and A Mine


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Strontium
Tertiary: Vanadium


Location

State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Neversweat District


Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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

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Ownership

Owner Name: Black Mesa Mining Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1921
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

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SOME 8400 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 35 OZ AG/TON,1% PB, 0.5% ZN, 0.1% CU AND MINOR AU.


Materials

Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Celestite


Comments

Comment (Development): WORKED NEARLY CONTINUOUSLY THROUGH 1969.

Comment (Deposit): SPOTTY, BUT OFTEN LOCALLY HIGH-GRADE, OXIDIZED, LEAD, SILVER, ZINC AND COPPER MINERALIZATION WITH BARITE, CELESTITE, VANADINITE, AND MANGANESE AND IRON OXIDES, IN A WIDE VEIN ZONE OF FRACTURES AND FISSURES.

Comment (Workings): SHAFT WITH SEVERAL LEVELS

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Comment (Production): IN 1947, 18 CARS OF ORE PRODUCTION. 5 CLAIMS


References

Reference (Deposit): U.S.B.M. FILE

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 192, P. 171.

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.


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