Montezuma Mine

The Montezuma Mine is a lead mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,919 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: Montezuma Mine
Secondary: Arizona Lead Co. Mine
Secondary: Ryland
Secondary: Palmer Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Vulture District

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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

Owner Name: E. Payne Palmer (President, Arizona Lead Co.)
Years: 1942 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1947
Discovery Year: 1863
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Tert Volcanic Rocks Overlie Prec Schist. Volcanic Rocks Trend Nw, Dip Approx 20 Ne

Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Dike At Mine (Admr, 1946)

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Production): MAJOR PRODUCTION LIMITED TO THE FIRST AND SECOND WORLD WARS

Comment (Development): SAID TO HAVE BEEN WORKED BY INDIANS AND SPANIARDS IN THE 1800'S PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDE FRANK WRIGHT, ARIZONA LEAD CO., GEORGE DILLARD, Y.E. HURT, DANIEL AND CAMPBELL, E. ROGERS

Comment (Workings): 200 FT SHAFT, 100 FEET OF RAISES, 200 FEET OF TUNNELS, 200 FEET OF CROSS CUTS, 150 FEET OF STOPES

Comment (Location): ON THE WEST BANK OF THE HASSAYAMPA RIVER. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Comment (Geology): IN RANGE OVERALL, ALKALI RHYOLITES ARE 18-25 M.Y., WITH YOUNGER PORPHYRITIC INTRUSIONS. SO AGE OF VOLCANIC HOSTS AND MINERALIZATION IS PROBABLY MIOCENE. NO DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAP OF AREA.

References

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE.

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

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