Radium Mine

The Radium Mine is a lead and copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,701 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: Radium Mine
Secondary: Mercer

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Vanadium

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Globe Hills District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

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Ownership

Owner Name: W. H. Mercer, 1933

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Year Last Production: 1933
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

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Structure

Type: R
Description: Ne Trending Faults And Isolated Remnants Of Pioneer Formation Orientation Of Predominately Nw With 20-40 Sw Dip

Type: L
Description: Two Parallel Faults, Ene, One Near Bottom Of Canyon One Further Ne. E Of Mine, There Is A Non-Mineralized Fault With Nw Strike

Alterations

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Rocks

Name: Diabase
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH ETERT, POST-DIABASE FAULTING AND INTRUSION PERIOD ALTHOUGH ONLY OUTCROP OF ETERT SCHULTZE GRANITE IS AT OLD DOMINION MINE, 4 MILES S.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IN FAULTED DIABASE

Comment (Workings): TUNNEL

Comment (Location): COYOTE CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Development): CONSISTED OF 60 CLAIMS, ADJOINING OLD BLUE BIRD; LITTLE TOM AND NEW TRANSLATION CLAIMS ADDED IN 1922 RADIUM MINES CO., 1913-1916

References

Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT SHEET 165

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

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