Maricopa Mine

The Maricopa Mine is a gold mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,402 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

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Site Name

Primary: Maricopa Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Vanadium

Location

State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Cave Creek 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: Barney Lumbert And Hamilton Chandler
Years: 1972 -

Owner Name: Lewis, A. S.
Home Office: Cave Creek, Az.
Years: 1939 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1970
Discovery Year: 1882
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: PINCH AND SWELL RAPIDLY

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.5% MO

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Vanadinite

Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964

Comment (Reserve-Resource): SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF $8 GOLD ORE

Comment (Production): PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY IN 1939

Comment (Workings): 25-TON MILLING PLANT-YEAR NOT KNOWN; ADIT WITH WINZE AND AT LEAST 2 SHAFTS

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002782 WITH RE CORD M800117 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS. RECORD # D000081 BY RICHARD P. FISCHER HAS ALSO BEEN INCORPORATED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Development): CLAIMS INCLUDE APOCIREM, OPHIR NO. 3, HEART, KATHERINE; PREVIOUS OWNERS/OPERATORS INCLUDE PHOENIX CO, BLACK JACK NEWMAN, PLATT & TRANER , CHARLES DAVIES, LEE ROTNER, ALFRED STRONG

References

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): WILSON ET AL, 1941, ABM BULL 137, P. 164

Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): LEWIS, 1920, E & MJ, V 110, P. 713-716

Reference (Deposit): MINING JOURNAL, VARIOUS ISSUES, 1939

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA

Reference (Production): WILSON ET AL, 1934

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