The Red Cloud Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,902 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.87139, -110.64028
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Red Cloud Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Cloud Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Empire District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Massive Sulfide Gossan
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): NE 1/4 SECTION 18.
Comment (Commodity): ORE AVERAGED 17 PCT. PB, 400 OZ. AG. PER TON. ORE IS OXIDIZED.
Comment (Production): MINE HAS SHIPPED CONSIDERABLE ORE.
Comment (Deposit): UNMINED ORE PRESENT IN 1915.
Comment (Workings): 50 FT. SHAFT, 10 FT. PROSPECT PIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, U.S.G.S. BULL. 582
Reference (Deposit): FINNELL, 1971, USGS MAP OPEN FILE.
Reference (Deposit): CREASEY, S.C.,1973
Reference (Production): SCHRADER, 1915
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