The London-Arizona Mine is a lead, copper, and silver mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,599 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: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 33.05972, -110.79389
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London-Arizona Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: London-Arizona Mine
Secondary: London-Range
Secondary: London-Shamrock
Secondary: Brick Group
Secondary: O'Carroll Claims
Secondary: Ball Copper Co
Secondary: Curtin Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Bismuth
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Banner District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1916
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^4.5% Ore
Year: 1913
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^16% Ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1950
Discovery Year: 1880
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
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Complex
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Hemimorphite
Ore: Rhodochrosite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Anhydrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Vesuvianite
Gangue: Specularite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002098 WITH RE CORD M030431 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS. SEE CURTIN OR HUMPHREY FOR INFORMATION ON ADJOINING MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Production): $1,050,000 PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1912 & 1928
Comment (Workings): 180 FT SHAFT ON LONDON-RANGE; 325 FT CURTIN SHAFT; SOME SHALLOW S HAFTS. OVER 1500 FT OF DRIFTS, TUNNELS, CROSSCUTS
Comment (Geology): LONDON-ARIZONA ORE DEPOSIT PROBABLY REPRESENTS THE OUTER PERIPHERA L ZONE OF A MAJOR ORE BODY WITH THE PORTIONS TOWARDS THE MAIN INTRU SIVE CONTACT BEING ERODED AWAY
Comment (Development): IN 1913 THE LONDON-ARIZONA CONSOLIDATED COPPER CO MERGED LONDON-R ANGE, LONDON-ARIZONA, O'CARROLL & BALL SHAFTS, AND CURTIN (HUMPHREY) S HAFT, BUT SOME WERE LATER SPLIT. 132 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. OTHER OPERATOR S INCLUDED TORONADO GOLD MINING CO, DAVID HARTLEY, J.W. WRIGHT
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, 1925, USGS BULL 771
Reference (Deposit): BANKS & KRIEGER, 1977, USGS MAP GQ-1391
Reference (Deposit): EASTLICK, 1968, GRATON-SALES VOLUME, P 1191-1210
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Production): RANSOME, 1923; ROSS, 1925; EASTLICK, 1968
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