The No. 1 Mine is a lead mine located in Graham county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,551 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: 4,551 Feet (1,387 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 32.95639, -110.35861
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No. 1 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: No. 1 Mine
Secondary: Number One Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Silica
Location
State: Arizona
County: Graham
District: Aravaipa District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1916
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Trending Faults.
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerussite
Ore: Quartzite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): $90,000 OF PB. CARBONATE ORE PRODUCED IN 1916.
Comment (Deposit): BOLSA QUARTZITE REACHED AT DEPTH.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ESCABROSA LIMESTONE FAULTED AGAINST HORSE MTN. VOLCANICS. PROBABLE FAULT CONTACT BETWEEN ESCABROSA AND BOLSA / MARTIN FORMATIONS.
Comment (Workings): OPENCUT, INCLINED SHAFT, SEVERAL DRIFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 461
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 4007
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 156, SER 18
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1925 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P. BULL. 763.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): DENTON, 1947.
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