The Lelan-Dividend Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,659 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,659 Feet (1,725 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.47417, -112.31667
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Mine Description
The Lelan mine is on a ridge southwest of the Jessie.
This deposit was discovered during the sixties. Browne’s report for 1868 states that 60 tons of ore from the Dividend mine, treated in the Big Bug (Henrietta) mill, yielded $20 per ton in free gold.95 At that time however, it was not of commercial grade. According to Lindgren, the Lelan and Dividend were Worked more or less from 1900 to 1914, and during part of that time were equipped with a 10-stamp mill. He states that their ore production prior to 1923 was probably at least 10,000 tons which contained from a half to 3 ounces of gold per ton, together With a little silver, copper, and lead.“ In 1932 and 1933, the property was operated by the Southern Exploration Company with a force of about twenty-five men. This company erected a IDG-ton flotation-concentration plant and produced concentrates during part of 1933. Operations were suspended at the end of the year.
The vein, which is a continuation of the Union, strikes northeastward and dips steeply southeastward. It is opened by a 500-foot Shaft inclined at 80°, with development on levels. Most of the recent production is reported to have come from the fourth level. The vein is rather lenticular and ranges up to several feet in Width. Its consists of massive, shiny White quartz with irregular masses, seams, and disseminations of pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and galena. The gold occurs in the sulphides.
Text from Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining, Arizona Bureau of Mines. Original 1934, revised 1967
Lelan-Dividend Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lelan-Dividend Mine
Secondary: Lelan
Secondary: Dividend
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Ticonderoga District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Southwest Exploration Co. (1930'S)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Year Last Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1865
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: L
Description: Veins Tend To Parallel Foliation
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Country Rocks Trends N25e
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 74.000000+-2.000000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Tertiary
Age Old: Late Cretaceous
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 74.000000+-2.000000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Tertiary
Age Old: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S
Comment (Workings): 500 FT SHAFT INCLINED AT 80 DEGREES
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS VEIN AND/OR DIKE-VEIN OF RHYOLITE PORPHYRY WHICH CUTS GRANODIORITE PLUTON
Comment (Location): LELAN SHAFT ON GALENA CLAIM. DIVIDEND SHAFT ON DIVIDEND GENERAL CLAIM. DIVIDEND SHAFT IS 650 FT NE OF LELAN SHAFT. UTM COORDINATES TO DIVIDEND SHAFT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPED ON 5 LEVELS
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS GQ MAP 997
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P. 38
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1336, PLATE 1
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