The Leadville Mine is a copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,000 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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 31.77111, -109.81500
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Leadville Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Leadville Mine
Secondary: Andes Copper
Secondary: Armstrong
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Turquoise District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Owner Name: Sanders, William
Years: 1957 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Year Last Production: 1957
Discovery Year: 1887
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: LENTICULAR, BELT
Structure
Type: L
Description: Smaller Faults, Post-Enrichment, Are Sw To N-S, Variable Dip
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Is Spotty
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1/2 MILE NW OF PARADISE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): MINE OPERATORS INCLUDED HOLMES COPPER CO., LEADVILLE MINING, INTERMOUNTAIN M. ALSO WORKED 1887-1896, NO DATA
Comment (Deposit): IN ADDITION TO ABOVE BODY, A PIPE HAS BEEN WORKED WHICH IS UP TO 4 1/2 FEET DIAMETER AND 8 FEET HIGH. 7 PATENTED CLAIMS IN 1957.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT INCLINING 60 DEGREES WAS SUNK IN 1907. WORKINGS APPROXIMATELY EVERY 40-50 FEET. WORK IN 1957 WAS ON THE 80 FOOT LEVEL
Comment (Deposit): LEADVILLE #1 AND LEADVILLE #2 ARE TWO ADJOINING SHAFTS. WORKINGS DESCRIPTION HERE IS LEADVILLE #2, THE MAJOR PRODUCER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1927, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COURTLAND-GLEESON REGION, ARIZONA ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 123, P. 59-60
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