Live Oak

The Live Oak is a copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,075 feet.

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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: Live Oak

State: Arizona

County: Gila

Elevation: 4,075 Feet (1,242 Meters)

Primary Mineral: Copper

Lat, Long: 33.40389, -110.90667

Satelite image of the Live Oak

Live Oak MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Live Oak
Secondary: Live Oak Shaft
Secondary: Keystone Shaft

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Semiprecious Gemstone
Secondary: Gemstone

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Miami-Inspiration District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Administrative Organization: Tonto National Forest

Holdings

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Production

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Orebody

Form: LINEAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Tert Dacite Overlies Schultze Granite In Mine Area.

Type: L
Description: Ne Trending Fault Zone Through Shaft Parallel To Barney Fault 300 Ft Nw

Alterations

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Analytical Data

Materials

Ore: Chrysocolla

Comments

Comment Type: Deposit	Comment: LIVE OAK PIT IS MAJOR PIT TO SE. SEE INSPIRATION, W002673 FOR MORE DETAILS ON LIVE OAK AREA GEOLOGY. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC10266 OF M. CARBONARO WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment Type: Geology	Comment: SEE USGS PP 342, PLATE 1 FOR DETAILS OF GEOLOGY.
Comment Type: Development	Comment: OPERATED MAINLY IN 1897 TO 1920, WITH MAIN PRODUCTION BEFORE 1910. NOW INACTIVE BUT ADJOINING PIT IS ACTIVE. ; ECON.COM: QUALITY GEM MATERIAL SOLD FOR AS MUCH AS $100/LB (1969).
Comment Type: Deposit	Comment: HIGH SILICA, GEM QUALITY CHRYSOCOLLA FOUND IN THE UPPER OR OXIDIZED PARTS OF THE CU DEPOSIT.
Comment Type: Workings	Comment: 330 FT KEYSTONE SHAFT IS APPROXIMATELY 500 FT NE OF LIVE OAK 1 SHAFT, WHICH WAS 500 FT DEEP IN 1912. SHAFT 2 IS ABOUT 1000 FT SW OF SHAFT 1, AND IS 1180 FT DEEP WITH WORKINGS ON 800 AND 900 FT LEVELS, AND CONNECTIONS TO SHAFT 1.
Comment Type: Location	Comment: INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment Type: Commodity	Comment: SOME GEM QUALITY CHRYSOCOLLA.
Comment Type: Production	Comment: PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER INSPIRATION MINE IN ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION FILE

References

Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: PETERSON, N.P., 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342, P. 137.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: RANSOME, F.L., 1919, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF RAY AND MIAMI, ARIZONA: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 115, P. 96.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: PEIRCE, H.W., 1969, GEM MATERIALS, IN USGS, ABM, AND USBR, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 359.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
Reference Category: Production	Reference: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342 .