The Okalhoma Mine is a lead mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,201 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: 2,201 Feet (671 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 33.16389, -111.24194
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Okalhoma Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Okalhoma Mine
Secondary: Troxel Group
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Mineral Mountain 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Mineral Mountain Mining And Milling Co. , R. Troxel
Years: 1939 -
Owner Name: Troy Troxel, W. D. Roberts
Years: 1936 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1935
Year Last Production: 1956
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw Trending Fissure Veins, Dip 55-70 Sw
Type: L
Description: N Trending Faults, Nw Trending Fissures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION AGE PROBABLY SASME AS TERTIARY INTRUSIONS IN AREA
Comment (Workings): MANY SHAFTS AT DIFFERENT DEPTHS.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION DATA FILE
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER #755
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 78-468, 1978
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