The Mountain Springs Mine is a zinc, lead, and silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,901 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: 3,901 Feet (1,189 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 34.54944, -113.22139
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Mountain Springs Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mountain Springs Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Eureka 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: Lynch And Lawler
Years: 1945 -
Owner Name: Toledo Mining Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Year Last Production: 1951
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 Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10e To N40e
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Dikes And Foliation. Mountain Spring Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: U AND TH PRESENT
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Hemimorphite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZED FROM 1 TO 50 FT DEEP, VEINS ARE FORMED ALONG THE MOUNTAIN SPRINGS FAULT.
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, EACH 45 FT DEEP
Comment (Location): MINE LOCATED NORTH OF MOUNTAIN SPRING, SOUTH OF SPRING PEAK
Comment (Production): SMALL SHIPMENTS OF HAND SORTED ORE HAVE BEEN MADE INTERMITTENTLY SINCE 1942. ONE SHIPMENT AVERAGED 25% PB, 1% CU, 19 OZ/TON AG
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN THAT CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC UNITS. VEINS ARE GENETICALLY RELATED TO LATE CRETACEOUS-PALEOCENE DIORITE PORPHYRY DIKES AND APLITE DIKES.
References
Reference (Deposit): US-AEC PRR-AP-77 (1953)
Reference (Deposit): USGS P.P. 278 P. 93 AND GEOLOGIC MAP
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 156, PART 1 P. 136-137
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA
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