Mine detail: Langley Mine

Previously called 'Red Rose'

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Location: Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.38403, -110.68873
dep_id: 10026907
mrds_id: M000970
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead
Minor mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Metasomatic Replacement And Secondary Enrichment Following Intrusion Of Volcanics
ore_ctrl: Irregular Replacement Bodies Along Contact Between Limestone And Rhyolite
Reporter: Gere, W., Calder, Susan R., Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_unit: Scherrer Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure: Mineral Deposits Of Washington-Duquesne Area Occupy A Limestone-Sediment Belt (2.5 Miles Long And 1.25 Miles Wide) Surrounded By Igneous Rocks Which Also Form Detached Masses And Dikes Within Belt
tectonic: Washington Camp Fault Block
References:
  • Deposit:: RFC B-54.
  • Deposit:: U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.
  • Deposit:: USBM FILES, LANGLEY.
  • Deposit:: USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000).
  • Deposit:: LEHMAN, NORMAN E., 1978, THE GEOLOGY AND PYROMETASOMATIC ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WASHINGTON CAMP-DUQUESNE DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; PHD. DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 126-143, MAPS.
  • Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, USGS BULL. 582.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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