The La Clede Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Graham county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,150 feet.
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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: 4,150 Feet (1,265 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.84139, -110.28944
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La Clede Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: La Clede Mine
Secondary: Laclede Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Graham
District: Aravaipa District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: James Quinn
Years: 1925 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: 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
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Block Faulting Trending Nnw ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults
Type: L
Description: Grand Reef Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Silver
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Production): 3 CARLOADS OF CU-AG ORE BEFORE 1925
Comment (Development): 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS (1925). ROSS (1925) STATES THAT QUINN HAS HSIPPED 3 CARLOADS OF ORE IN 12 YEARS OF OPERATION. USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA STATES 1 YEAR OF PRODUCTION REPORTED IN 1924 OF 27 TONS OF ORE.
Comment (Deposit): OTHER VEINS STRIKE N 10-50 W, DIP 55-80 NE
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MINE LOCATED IN BLUE-GREEN FINE-GRAINED AMYGDALOIDAL AND SCORIACEOUS ANDESITE COUNTRY ROCK FRACTURED, CUT BY VEINS. FRACTURES FILLED WITH EPIDOTE
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 461
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 763
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): 1925 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P. BULL. 763
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461
Reference (Production): SIMONS, 1964
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