Ireland Mine

The Ireland Mine is a lead mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,249 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: Ireland Mine
Secondary: Silver Star Lead Proberty
Secondary: Ireland Shaft

Commodity

Primary: Lead

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Globe Hills District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Charles Ireland And Zella Storm
Years: 1943 -

Owner Name: Charles Ireland
Years: 1939 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1939
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: LENSES AND SHOOTS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Ne Trending Faults Which Form Contacts With Prec Diabase 1/4 Mile Nw In Globe Dominion Area

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLES FROM DRIFT AND MINE HEAD AVERAGE 15% LEAD

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chert

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ORE CONFINED TO A FRACTURE IN QUARTZITE

Comment (Workings): VERTICAL SHAFT WITH DRIFTING AT 70 FOOT LEVEL AND STOPING AT 40 FOOT LEVEL; ALSO OPEN CUTS

Comment (Geology): ADMR FILE MENTIONS MONZONITE IN THE AREA WHICH IS POSSIBLY ETERT. MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH ETERT INTRUSIONS, AND ETERT SCHULTZE GRANITE IS EXPOSED 1 MI W AT OLD DOMINION MINE

Comment (Production): AN ESTIMATED 100 TONS OF 15% LEAD ORE WAS SHIPPED FROM THIS MINE PRIOR TO 1939, WHEN 17.7 TONS OF 35% SORTED LEAD ORE WAS SHIPPED.

Comment (Location): 1 1/2 MILES ENE OF GLOBE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Development): 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

References

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 342, 1962, PLATE 1

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