The Westerner Gold-Lead Mines is a zinc and lead mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,401 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: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 34.3931, -112.41530
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Westerner Gold-Lead Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Westerner Gold-Lead Mines
Secondary: Almalgamated Gold-Lead Mines
Secondary: Patented Claims M S 4459
Secondary: Scopel's Diggings
Secondary: Venezia Group
Secondary: Crook Vein
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
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
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Ownership
Owner Name: Trapshooter Reilly Gold Mines
Info Year: 1967
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: 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
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Orebody
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782 1926 P 124
Reference (Deposit): WILSON E D AZ LODE GOLD MINES AZBM BULL 782 1967
Reference (Deposit): YAVAPAI MAGAZINE JULY 1918 P L
Reference (Deposit): ADMR VENEZIA FILE
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL APRIL 1919 P 30
Reference (Deposit): ELEVATORSKI E A AZ INDUSTRIAL MINERALS 1978 ADMR PUBLICATION
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN W ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROME AND BRADSHAW MTS QUADS
Reference (Deposit): CLAIMS EXTEND INTO SEC 13
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINING DISTRICT SHEET 241
Reference (Deposit): ADMR SCOPEL'S DIGGINGS FILE
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