The XIV Group is a copper mine located in Greenlee county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,678 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: 4,678 Feet (1,426 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.12333, -109.36694
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XIV Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: XIV Group
Secondary: Stevens Lease
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Greenlee
District: Copper Mountain 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Phelps Dodge Corp., Morenci Branch
Owner Name: Stevens Jr., Charles E.
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Year Last Production: 1951
Discovery Year: 1872
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: IRREGULAR AND IN NARROW STRINGERS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Normal Faulting Confined To Pre-Tertiary Rocks
Type: L
Description: Ore Occurs In Narrow Stringers Within Ore Zone In Monzonite Porphyry
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 55.500000+-0.500000
Age Young: Tertiary
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Location): EASTERNMOST ADIT IN SW QUARTER OF SECTION 33 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)
Comment (Development): CHARLES E. STEVENS JR. RECEIVED LEASE ON MOLINAR ALASKA MINE IN 1952 FROM PHELPS DODGE CORPORATION IN RETURN FOR GIVING THE XIV GROUP PROPERTY TO THE CORPORATION
Comment (Deposit): ORE ZONE HAS MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 100 FT AND CONTAINS 2 VEINS WITH DIMENSIONS 30 FT BY 400 FT; SEVERAL SMALLER VEINS WITH DIMENSIONS 4 IN. BY 24 IN.; 12 UNPATENTED CLAIMS (X.I.V. GROUP NO 1 THROUGH 12)
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED ONE SHAFT OF 60 FT DEPTH, 2 TUNNELS OF 300 FT TOTAL LENGTH
References
Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT SHEET 837
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, UNDER STEVENS MINE
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): BENNETT, K.C., 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153P.
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