Leadville No. 1 Mine, Leadville Mines (Armstrong Mine; Andes Copper), Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District), Cochise County, Arizona, USAi
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31° 46' 26'' North , 109° 49' 21'' West
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| Club | Location | Distance |
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| Sunsites Gem and Mineral Club | Pearce, Arizona | 15km |
A former underground Cu-Ag-Au mine located in South-central sec. 17, T.19S., R.25E, on County land. Owned/operated at times, or in part, by the U.S. Smelting And Refining Co.; Leadville Mining Co.; Calumet & Arizona Mining Co.; Needles Mining & Smelting Co.; and, the Andes Copper Co.
Mineralization is disseminated, cuperiferous, pyritic deposits in a belt of cherty Abrigo Limestone cut by quartz monzonite dikes and bordering a fault contact of Bolsa Quartzite and Carboniferous limestone.
Workings include a shaft(s). A total of some 5,000 or more tons of ore were produced intermittently from the late 1890's up through 1943.
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| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10258534 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Mexico
- Sierra Madre OccidentalMountain Range
North AmericaContinent
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mazatzal DomainDomain
- Pedregosa BasinBasin
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
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