The Lime Cap Group is a zinc and lead mine located in Greenlee county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,119 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: 6,119 Feet (1,865 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 33.1725, -109.37861
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Lime Cap Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lime Cap Group
Secondary: Snyder Group
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Greenlee
District: Copper Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Matt Danenhaver,
Home Office: P.O. Box 422, Clifton, Az
Years: 1957 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1940
Year Last Production: 1941
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: FLAT TABULAR
Form: FLAT TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Minor Faulting With Little Vertical Displacement; Significant Horizontal Movement Along Bedding Planes
Type: L
Description: Minor Faulting Cutting Limestone And Shale Beds
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Deposit Is Replacement Of Dolomitic Limestone Bed
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Calamine
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Geology): SOURCE OF MINERALIZATION MAY BE RELATED TO MINERAL-BEARING INTRUSIVES ELSEWHERE IN DISTRICT; NO MINERALS FOUND IN FOOTWALL SHALES OR BASALT CAPPING OVER MODOC LIMESTONE
Comment (Location): CLAIMS LIE NEAR THE SUMMIT AND ON THE SE SLOPES OF ENEBRO MOUNTAIN; LIME CAP MINE IS NEAR CRYSTAL CAVE TO THE WEST OF HIGHWAY 666 AND IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF A 1.0 MILE LONG DIRT ROAD EXTENDING ONTO PROPERTY; 5500 TO 7000 FT ELEVATION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)
Comment (Development): OWNERS INCLUDED S.G. MURILLO, MATT DANENHAVER, ED DANENHAVER, GEORGE DANENHAVER, CHARLES K. BARNES; OPERATORS INCLUDED D.B. LEAKE, LOUIS HUBER
Comment (Deposit): CLAIMS TOTALLING 20 UNPATENTED LODE; MAXIMUM LENGTH OF OUTCROP EXCEEDS 1.0 MILE; CONTINUOUS MINERALIZED BED IRREGULARLY PENETRATES HANGING WALL OF FAULT
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT INCLUDED ONE TUNNEL, CROSS-CUTS, TWO SHORT DRIFTS, RAISES, WINZES
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
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