The Leadville Group is a uranium and copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,849 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: 4,849 Feet (1,478 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Copper
Lat, Long: 31.90611, -111.20722
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Leadville Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Leadville Group
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Pima 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: C. E. Kenyon ( 1955 )
Home Office: Los Angeles, Ca.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES: 0.01 - 0.05 % EU3O8
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): NO VISIBLE URANIUM MINERALS
Comment (Deposit): WEAK MINERALIZATION DETECTED ACROSS THE CANYON TO THE SOUTH, ALONG THE SAME STRIKE.
Comment (Workings): DRIFT WORKINGS.
References
Reference (Deposit): PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN PIMA AND PINAL COUNTIES, ARIZONA, 1950 - 1957: US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RME - 159, JUNE 1970 , P. 23
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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