Apex Mine

The Apex Mine is a gold and lead mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,249 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: Apex Mine
Secondary: Lavell
Secondary: San Bernado
Secondary: Jr.
Secondary: Gold-Copper Properties

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Aluminum

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Banner District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Year Last Production: 1941
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

Form: LINEAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Complex Faulting, Major Faults With N-S Trend, Including O'Carroll Fault 1/4 Mile E, Other N-S And Ne Trending Faults. In Horst Between Two Major Faults, The O'Carroll And The Keystone

Type: L
Description: E-W Trending Quartz Latite Porphyry Dikes, And One Ne Trending Dike. Abrigo And Martin Formation Beds Strike Nne To Ne, Dip 9-15se

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Metamorphism Of Limestone Produced Marble; Anhydrite, Magnetite, And Hematite. Extensive Alteration

Rocks

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Alunite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Magnetite

Comments

Comment (Development): LAVELL GOLD MINING CO WAS MAIN OPERATOR. OTHER OPERATORS WERE: ARIZONA APEX MINING CO, HARRY MILLER, PARNALL GOLD MINING CO, A.M. ROBERTS, T.J. ANDERSON, S.G. STEWART. 19 CLAIMS IN 1918.

Comment (Deposit): VEINS NEAR DIKES; AND FLAT-LYING REPLACEMENTS.

Comment (Workings): 12 TUNNELS AND SIX SHAFTS IN 1918. TUNNELS UP TO 320 FT IN LENGTH. ESTIMATE OF TOTAL WORKING LENGTH 2000 FT

Comment (Geology): MOST OF THE ORE DEPOSIT IS IN DEVONIAM LIMESTONE. HIGH GRADE ORE CONTAINED COARSE WIRE GOLD.

Comment (Location): APEX CLAIMS ARE IN SECTION 15, ADJOINING CLAIM GROUP ALSO EXTENDS INTO SECTION 22. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-1391.

Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): ABMR APEX MINE FILE.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 771, 1925, P 63-64.

Reference (Deposit): JOHN T. EASTLICK, 1968, IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967. GRATON-SALES VOLUME, JOHN D. RIDGE EDITOR. AIME, INC, NEW YORK, VOL II, P. 1192.

Reference (Deposit): GALBRAITH, FREDERIC W., 1947, MINERALS OF ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN NO. 153, P. 70.

Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

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