La Clede Mine

The La Clede Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Graham county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,150 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

Name: La Clede Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Graham

Elevation: 4,150 Feet (1,265 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Silver

Lat, Long: 32.84139, -110.28944

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La Clede Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: La Clede Mine
Secondary: Laclede Mine


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Arizona
County: Graham
District: Aravaipa District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: James Quinn
Years: 1925 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: 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

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Block Faulting Trending Nnw ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults

Type: L
Description: Grand Reef Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Holocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Silver
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Epidote


Comments

Comment (Production): 3 CARLOADS OF CU-AG ORE BEFORE 1925

Comment (Development): 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS (1925). ROSS (1925) STATES THAT QUINN HAS HSIPPED 3 CARLOADS OF ORE IN 12 YEARS OF OPERATION. USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA STATES 1 YEAR OF PRODUCTION REPORTED IN 1924 OF 27 TONS OF ORE.

Comment (Deposit): OTHER VEINS STRIKE N 10-50 W, DIP 55-80 NE

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MINE LOCATED IN BLUE-GREEN FINE-GRAINED AMYGDALOIDAL AND SCORIACEOUS ANDESITE COUNTRY ROCK FRACTURED, CUT BY VEINS. FRACTURES FILLED WITH EPIDOTE


References

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 461

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 763

Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): 1925 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P. BULL. 763

Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461

Reference (Production): SIMONS, 1964


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