The La Plata Mine is a silver and copper mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,249 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: 5,249 Feet (1,600 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 31.52444, -110.59278
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La Plata Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: La Plata Mine
Secondary: Black Ace
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Red Rock 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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: SMALL STRINGERS AND POCKETS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Lead
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Psilomelane
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): SMALL PRODUCTION
Comment (Deposit): POCKETS AND STRINGERS WITH ORE MINERALS
Comment (Deposit): ADDITIONAL REFERENCE: LENON MAP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Commodity): COMMODITIES FROM USBM COMM. MAP OF SANTA CRUZ.
Comment (Workings): OPENED BY 600 FT OF TUNNELS OR DRIFTS; 350 FT OF SHAFTS; SEVERAL WINZES, STOPES AND RAISES
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1915, BULL. 582.
Reference (Deposit): U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.
Reference (Deposit): U.S.B.M. REPORT FILE NO. 463.2/15033.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ CO., ARIZ.: ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 191, P. 82.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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