The Raven Group is a silver mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,200 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: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 33.52917, -110.75417
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Raven Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Raven Group
Secondary: Silver Lake
Secondary: Windy Hill
Secondary: Silver Plume
Secondary: Apache
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Richmond Basin District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Newbould Brothers
Home Office: Globe, Az
Years: 1946 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1922
Year Last Production: 1941
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw Trending Faults In Precambrian Rock, With Shorter E-W Cross Faults. Deposit Overlain By Tertiary Gila Conglomerate
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1/2 MILE E OF RICHMOND BASIN
Comment (Development): 13 CLAIMS IN 1946, SILVER LAKE GROUP, 2 CLAIMS ARE CALLED RAVEN
Comment (Deposit): MAIN N-S VEIN IS 10 TO 30 FT WIDE. BEST ASSAYS IN A 6 INCH WIDE PORTION MINED WIDTH APROXIMATELY 4 FT
Comment (Workings): 125 FT SHAFT, AND TWO OTHER SHAFTS 50 AND 80 FT. SMALL AMOUNTS OF DRIFTING AND STOPING. A 100 FT TUNNEL WAS CALLED THE WINDY HILL MINE, SAME OPERATOR AS RAVEN, 1933.
Comment (Geology): NO DETAILED MAP OTHER THAN O.M. BISHOP, 1935, WHO DOES NOT LOCATE THE WINDY HILL MINE. MINERALIZATION RELATED TO LCRET-TERT DIABASE INTRUSIONS AND ASSOCIATED FAULTING
References
Reference (Deposit): BISHOP, O. M., 1935 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICHMOND BASIN AREA, GILA COUNTY. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, M. S. THESIS
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ADMR RAVEN FILE AND WINDY HILL FILE
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