Apache Mine

The Apache Mine is a vanadium and lead mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,599 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: Apache Mine
Secondary: Defiance Mine
Secondary: Vanadium Shaft
Secondary: Defiance Lead

Commodity

Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Semiprecious Gemstone

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Globe Hills 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.
Administrative Organization: Tonto National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Worley, Sprik, Hunter
Years: 1974 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1929
Year Last Production: 1957
Discovery Year: 1875
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

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Bottom Limit Of Ore Is Bedding Plane Fault Which Possibly Obstructed Mineralizing Solutions

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization, Clay-Sericite-Calcite

Rocks

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

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 14% V205, 0.17 OZ/T AU, 3.7 OZ/T AG, 19% PB, 3.7% ZN, 0.55% CU

Materials

Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Mottramite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Descloizite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Brochantite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Willemite
Gangue: Diabase
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Commodity): VANADINITE CRYSTALS ARE SOMETIMES RECOVERED AS COLLECTIBLES.

Comment (Location): VANADIUM SHAFT IS IN SEC 2. OTHER CLAIMS CONTINUE INTO SEC 34 . CLAIMS EXTEND INTO SEC 34, TO2N, RI5E.

Comment (Production): FIRST KNOWN PRODUCTION IN 1930 BY EDWARD C. O'BRIEN CO. SHIPPED 20 TONS VANADIUM CONCENTRATES (MOSTLY VANADINITE CRYSTALS)

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002970 WITH RECORD M030444 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS & 1400 FT OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, RAISES; VANADIUM SHAFT ( NO. 1) IS 150 FT DEEP WITH LEVELS AT 50 FT AND 150 FT; SHAFT NO. 2 IS 110 FT DEEP WITH LEVELS AT 30, 65, AND 110 FT BUT IS FILLED WITH WASTE ROCK TO 65 FT LEVEL; VEIN EXPLORED FOR 550 FT ALONG STRIKE AND PARTIALLY BACKFILLED . 2 SHAFTS WITH DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, & RAISES.

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH LCRET-TERT INTRUSIVE PERIOD.

Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS BOUNDED ON TOP BY DIABASE FLOW AND ON BOTTOM BY A BEDDING PLANE FAULT.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Comment (Development): PROPERTY INCLUDES 8 CLAIMS AND 2 FRACTIONS, PREVIOUS OWNERS/OPERATORS INCLUDE PFEISTER BROS (1913), D.S. MCDONALD AND FRANK CHISUM (1943) E.J. SIKES, J. RAGGIO, FRED GOAT (1973), MERCUR-KING CONSOLIDATED MINES LTD (1953).

References

Reference (Production): WILSON, 1971, P. 253

Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, 1950, ABM BULL 156, P. 101.

Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, 1962, USGS PP 342, P. 126.

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1971, MINERAL. RECORD, V. 2, NO. 6, P. 252-258.

Reference (Deposit): ADMR DEFIANCE FILE,

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES (DEFIANCE, APACHE),

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM DATA,

Reference (Deposit): BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS, 165 P.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

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