The Mchur Prospect is a lead and zinc mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,399 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
Elevation: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 33.065, -110.81390
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Mchur Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mchur Prospect
Secondary: Seventy-Nine Property
Secondary: 79 Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Banner District
Land Status
Land ownership: Mixed
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Acm Corp
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1967
Production
Year: 1962
Time Period: 1920-1962
Description: 1920-1962 210977 St Ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1920
Discovery Year: 1879
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Wulfenite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Psilomelane
Unknown: Molybdenite
Unknown: Melanterite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Chalcanthite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Brochantite
Unknown: Anglesite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Covellite
Unknown: Manganite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): AZBM BULL 158 AZ ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS 1951 P 72-81
Reference (Deposit): KIERSCH G A SEVENTY-NINE MINE THESIS U OF AZ 1947
Reference (Deposit): HICKS C J MOLYBDENUM OCCURRENCES IN AZ 1979 P 16 ADMR PUB.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR 79 MINE FILE
Reference (Deposit): USAEC PRELIM RECONNAISSANCE 172-480 GILA COUNTY 1953 P 163
Reference (Deposit): ROSS C P ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SADDLE MTN AND BANNER MINING
Reference (Deposit): DISTRICTS USGS BULL 771 1925 P 66 AND 68
Reference (Deposit): USGS HAYDEN QUAD
Reference (Deposit): TENNEY J B SECOND REPORT ON THE MINERAL INDUSTRIES OF AZ
Reference (Deposit): AZBM BULL 129 1930 P 75
Reference (Deposit): LAPIDARY JOURNAL SEPT 1980 P 1278
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