London-Arizona Mine

The London-Arizona Mine is a lead, copper, and silver mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,599 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: London-Arizona Mine

State: Arizona

County: Gila

Elevation: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)

Primary Mineral: Lead, Copper, Silver

Lat, Long: 33.05972, -110.79389

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London-Arizona Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: London-Arizona Mine
Secondary: London-Range
Secondary: London-Shamrock
Secondary: Brick Group
Secondary: O'Carroll Claims
Secondary: Ball Copper Co
Secondary: Curtin Shaft

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Bismuth

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Banner District

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal

Holdings

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Production

Year: 1916
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^4.5% Ore

Year: 1913
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^16% Ore

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1950
Discovery Year: 1880
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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fault Complex

Alterations

Rocks

Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian

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

Analytical Data

Materials

Ore: Copper

Ore: Hemimorphite

Ore: Rhodochrosite

Ore: Wulfenite

Ore: Chalcocite

Ore: Malachite

Ore: Galena

Ore: Anglesite

Gangue: Gypsum

Gangue: Anhydrite

Gangue: Quartz

Gangue: Vesuvianite

Gangue: Specularite

Comments

Comment Type: Deposit	Comment: THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002098 WITH RE CORD M030431 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS. SEE CURTIN OR HUMPHREY FOR INFORMATION ON ADJOINING MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment Type: Production	Comment: $1,050,000 PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1912 & 1928
Comment Type: Workings	Comment: 180 FT SHAFT ON LONDON-RANGE; 325 FT CURTIN SHAFT; SOME SHALLOW S HAFTS. OVER 1500 FT OF DRIFTS, TUNNELS, CROSSCUTS
Comment Type: Geology	Comment: LONDON-ARIZONA ORE DEPOSIT PROBABLY REPRESENTS THE OUTER PERIPHERA L ZONE OF A MAJOR ORE BODY WITH THE PORTIONS TOWARDS THE MAIN INTRU SIVE CONTACT BEING ERODED AWAY
Comment Type: Development	Comment: IN 1913 THE LONDON-ARIZONA CONSOLIDATED COPPER CO MERGED LONDON-R ANGE, LONDON-ARIZONA, O'CARROLL & BALL SHAFTS, AND CURTIN (HUMPHREY) S HAFT, BUT SOME WERE LATER SPLIT. 132 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. OTHER OPERATOR S INCLUDED TORONADO GOLD MINING CO, DAVID HARTLEY, J.W. WRIGHT

References

Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: ROSS, 1925, USGS BULL 771
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: BANKS & KRIEGER, 1977, USGS MAP GQ-1391
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: EASTLICK, 1968, GRATON-SALES VOLUME, P 1191-1210
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference Category: Production	Reference: RANSOME, 1923; ROSS, 1925; EASTLICK, 1968