The Lapan Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,360 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,360 Feet (1,024 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 34.06194, -112.31139
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Lapan Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lapan Mine
Secondary: Liana Mine
Secondary: Humbug Mine
Secondary: Humbug Gold Property
Secondary: Lind-Fogarty Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Humbug District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Humbug Au Mines
Owner Name: Dr. Robert Hurt, 6226 N. 27th Ave. Phoenix, Arizona
Years: 1975 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1875
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Xenoliths (Quartz-Mica Schist) Trends N 40-50 E
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Rhyolite Porphyry Dikes And Foliation In Precambrian Xenoliths
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization Adjacent To Some Dikes
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
Comment (Location): 0.6 MILES NORTH OF EL PERO BONITO MINE; 0.8 MILES NORTHEAST OF SITE OF HUMBUG
Comment (Development): 5 PATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Geology): GEOLOGY SAME AS EL PERO BONITO MINE EXCEPT NO RHYOLITE DIKES CUT THE PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT OF MIN. RESOURCES FILES
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P. 59-61
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