The Elder Gulch Prospects is a lead mine located in Pinal county, Arizona.
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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
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Elder Gulch Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elder Gulch Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Dripping Springs 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Veins Are Mineralized Faults & Fissures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Hemimorphite
Ore: Goethite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): PHELPS DODGE DRILLED N OF HERE-1973?
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030474 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
References
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL ET AL, 1971, USGS MAP GQ-1021
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, 1923, USGS FOLIO 217
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL & KRIEGER, 1975, USGS MAP GQ-1188
Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA
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