Langley Mine

The Langley Mine is a lead mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,499 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

Name: Langley Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Santa Cruz

Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)

Commodity: Lead

Lat, Long: 31.38389, -110.68806

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Langley Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Langley Mine
Secondary: Red Rose


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold


Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Washington Camp 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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Mineral Deposits Of Washington-Duquesne Area Occupy A Limestone-Sediment Belt (2.5 Miles Long And 1.25 Miles Wide) Surrounded By Igneous Rocks Which Also Form Detached Masses And Dikes Within Belt


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Permian

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Permian

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Production): NO FIGURES. ORE HAS BEEN SHIPPED. APPLICATION MADE FOR $20,000 RFC LOAN; NOT GRANTED.

Comment (Deposit): CONTACT ZONE

Comment (Workings): EXPLORATION PROSPECT; EXTENT OF DEVELOPMENT UNKNOWN

Comment (Geology): VOLCANIC ROCKS INCLUDE RHYOLITIC, ALKALI RHYOLITIC, AND QUARTZ LATITIC LAVA, TUFF, AND WELDED TUFF ; GEOL.DESC: CONTACT BETWEEN RHYOLITE AND LIMESTONE


References

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, USGS BULL. 582.

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, LANGLEY.

Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000).

Reference (Deposit): LEHMAN, NORMAN E., 1978, THE GEOLOGY AND PYROMETASOMATIC ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WASHINGTON CAMP-DUQUESNE DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; PHD. DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 126-143, MAPS.

Reference (Deposit): U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.

Reference (Deposit): RFC B-54.


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