The Fourth of July Mine is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Greenlee county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,639 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: 4,639 Feet (1,414 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 32.86, -109.07530
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Fourth of July Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fourth of July Mine
Secondary: Ellis Shaft
Secondary: Sydney
Secondary: Billingsley Fluorspar
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Greenlee
District: Twin Peaks
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Producers Minerals Co.
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: Billingsley, Ben
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1975
Production
Year: 1942
Description: 1942 573 St Ore At 64% Caf2
Year: 1941
Time Period: 1937-41
Description: 1937-41 2600 St Ore At 65% Caf2
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Psilomelane
Unknown: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): BERTRANDITE IS ALSO PRESENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): TRACE 1947 MSGS STRATEGIC MIN INV PRELIM RPT 3-207 P 1-3 2 M
Reference (Deposit): ELEVATORSKI 1971 ARIZ FLUORSPAR A2 DPT MIN RES PHOENIX P 24
Reference (Deposit): AZ BUR MINES BULL 180 P 349-52 1968
Reference (Deposit): AZ BUR MINES CIRC 15 P 2-9 1950 WILSON
Reference (Deposit): AZ BUR MINES BULL 114 P 6 1921 ALLEN & BUTLER
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