Ireland Mine

The Ireland Mine is a lead mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,249 feet.

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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

Name: Ireland Mine

State: Arizona

County: Gila

Elevation: 4,249 Feet (1,295 Meters)

Primary Mineral: Lead

Lat, Long: 33.41333, -110.75694

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Ireland Mine MRDS details

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

Holdings

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

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

Owner Name: Charles Ireland
Years: 1939 -

Production

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

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

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 Type: Deposit	Comment: ORE CONFINED TO A FRACTURE IN QUARTZITE
Comment Type: Workings	Comment: VERTICAL SHAFT WITH DRIFTING AT 70 FOOT LEVEL AND STOPING AT 40 FOOT LEVEL; ALSO OPEN CUTS
Comment Type: Geology	Comment: 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 Type: Production	Comment: 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 Type: Location	Comment: 1 1/2 MILES ENE OF GLOBE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment Type: Development	Comment: 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

References

Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: ADMR FILE DATA
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: USGS PP 342, 1962, PLATE 1