The Wedge Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,402 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: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 33.16528, -111.23778
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Wedge Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wedge Mine
Secondary: Wedge Lead
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Mineral Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: L. Greenhaw
Years: 1943 -
Owner Name: L. Greenhaw 42), Lewis Rahn , Tenney And Better
Years: 1943 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Year Last Production: 1949
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tertiary Intrusives Around Mineral Mountain Area
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Location): JUST NE OF THE OKLAHOMA MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Deposit): 3 MAJOR VEINS PRESENT
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION AGE PROBABLY SAME AS TERT INTRUSIONS IN AREA. TERT QUARTZ LATITE 15.8-17.4 M.Y. APPROX 100 M E OF MINE
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES-WEDGE #2 FILE
Reference (Deposit): USBM-FILE DATA CLUSTER #966
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