The Abe Reed Mine is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Graham county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,301 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: 4,301 Feet (1,311 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.98361, -110.36806
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Abe Reed Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Abe Reed Mine
Secondary: Rawhide Group
Secondary: Rutledge Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Graham
District: Aravaipa District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Reed, A.
Years: 1925 -
Owner Name: W. Reed, Don Rutlidge
Years: 1947 - 1951
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1947
Year Last Production: 1951
Discovery Year: 1925
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: R
Description: Block Faulting Trending Nnw ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults.
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS (1925)
Comment (Deposit): FAULT. CAUSED NARROW BRECCIA ZONE WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY MINERALIZED.
Comment (Workings): TWO SMALL STOPES.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: FAULT IS IN HORSE MOUNTAIN VOLCANICS, NARROW MINERALIZED BRECCIA ZONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 763.
Reference (Deposit): 1925 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P. BULL. 763.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): SIMONS, 1964.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 461.
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