The Mclenden Mine is a gold mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,199 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: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 31.77111, -109.81500
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Mclenden Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mclenden Mine
Secondary: Turquoise King
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Turquoise District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Owner Name: Leadville Mng. Co., Holmes Copper Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1935
Year Last Production: 1935
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: LENTICULAR, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Abrigo Dips 70 Degrees E
Type: L
Description: Smaller Faults, Post-Enrichment, Are Sw To N-S, Variable Dip
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Is Spotty
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CHALCOPYRITE, BORNITE, AND SOOTY CHALCOCITE IN SMALL DISSEMINATIONS, AND IRREGULAR REPLACEMENTS IN STEEPLY DIPPING ABRIGO LIMESTONE INTRUDED BY QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY DIKES
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): MINE OPERATOR A.M. MOORE, 1935
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT 187, P. 83
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