The Leghorn Mine is a gold and copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,751 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,751 Feet (1,753 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 34.6225, -112.06250
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Mine Description
The Leghorn mine, about 1 3/4 miles north of Cherry, is reported to have been Worked intermittently, with some production, from 1904 to 1918, and to a small extent in 192418. Lindgren says: “The Vein is Contained in granite and has been opened by an incline 600 feet long, dipping 35° W. In Weed’s Mines Handbook for 1922 it is stated that there are 6,000 feet of workings. A Chilean mill has been erected on the property. . . . The vein is said to average 2 feet in width. The quartz contains chalcopyrite and gold, but it is probable that difficulties were encountered below the zone of oxidation. Specimens from the dump Show abundant solution cavities filled with hematite and secondary quartz.”
Text from Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining, Arizona Bureau of Mines. Original 1934, revised 1967
Leghorn Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Leghorn Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Cherry Creek 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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: None - Quartz Diorite Unfoliated
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION REPORTED TO BE AMONG THE LARGEST IN THE DISTRICT.
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS QUARTZ DIORITE
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 107
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, C.A. AND CREASEY, S.C., 1958 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROME AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 308 , P. 175
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