The La Palma Group is a mine located in Greenlee county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,299 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: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 33.15361, -109.38611
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La Palma Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: La Palma Group
Secondary: Claims: La Palma, Venus, San Francisco
Secondary: Laura
Commodity
Secondary: Lead
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
Ownership
Owner Name: Juan Varela And Eugenio C. Rivas
Years: 1961 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1925
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: R
Description: Minor Faulting With Little Vertical Displacement; Significant Horizontal Movement Along Bedding Planes
Type: L
Description: Minor Faulting Cutting Limestone And Shale Beds: Ore Deposits Cover A Considerable Surface Area But Average Less Than One Ft Thick
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Irregular Bodies Of Psilomelane And Other Mn Minerals Have Replaced Limestone Beds; Some Surface Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE 27.4 % MN.
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
Comment (Location): CONNECTED TO MOUTH OF CUPRITE CANYON, LOCATED TO SE, BY A 3 MILE LONG FOOT TRAIL; UNPATENTED CLAIMS EXTEND INTO SE QUARTER OF SECTION 18, AND SECTIONS 19 AND 29 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)
Comment (Production): AS OF 1961 , NO MN ORE HAD BEEN SHIPPED.
Comment (Development): CLAIMS WERE ACQUIRED BY VARELA'S FATHER IN 1920; CLAIMS WERE LOCATED ON LEAD DEPOSITS PRIOR TO 1905
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED BED IN AN OPEN CUT ON THE VENUS CLAIM HAS BEEN EXPOSED FOR ABOUT 60 FT ALONG THE STRIKE; WEST OF CUT, ORE IS EXPOSED ABOUT 30 FT ALONG THE DIP BY EROSIONAL PROCESSES; DEPOSIT PINCHES OUT TO EAST
Comment (Workings): OXIDIZED LEAD ORE MINED FROM A SHALLOW SHAFT ON THE SAN FRANCISCO CLAIM IN 1920; SHALLOW (10 FT DEEP) OPEN CUTS
Comment (Geology): LARGEST AND BEST EXPOSED MANGNIFEROUS DEPOSIT IS LOCATED ON THE VENUS CLAIM, ON THE CREST OF THE RIDGE; OTHER DEPOSITS (LARGELY UNEXPLORED) CROP OUT ON THE DIP IN AREAS TO THE NW AND SE
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., AND DELONG, C.W., 1961 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 , P. 97-98
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, LA PALMA GROUP; LA PALMA, VENUS, AND SAN FRANCISCO
Reference (Deposit): BENNETT, 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153 P.
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. I.C. 7990 , P. 97 .
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