The Great Eastern Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,549 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: 2,549 Feet (777 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 32.59139, -112.13750
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Great Eastern Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Great Eastern Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1932
Discovery Year: 1885
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: E-W Trending Faults, Diorite Porphyry Dike, Beds Dip Westerly
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): PRINCIPLE WORKINGS CONSIST OF OPEN CUTS, DRIFTS AND SMALL STOPES; THERE WERE ALSO TWO SHORT TUNNELS AND A SHAFT OF 200 FT.
Comment (Geology): SIMILAR DEPOSIT TYPE AND GEOLOGIC SETTING AS VEKOL MINE
Comment (Location): SOUTH EAST OF THE VEKOL MINE; PRINCIPLE WORKINGS ARE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF A WESTWARD FLOWING ARROYA
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FOR THE GREAT BEASTERN MAY HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE FIGURES FOR THE VEKOL MINE
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT ALONG FAULTS IN LIMESTONE BED WHICH DIPS TO WEST
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): TENNEY, JAMES, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA, 1927-1929 P 335
Reference (Deposit): TENNEY, J. B., ECONOMIC GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF CASA GRANDE MINING DISTRICT, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, 1934 P 8-9
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-931
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