Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlDeposits Occur Within Shear Zones, Controlled By Fracturing And Bedding.
Materials
Ore mineralsChrysocolla, Gold, Limonite, Malachite, Silver, Specularite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockBasalt,Granite
StructureNw-Trending Basin And Range Faults., Limestone Has Been Considerably Faulted And Jointed And Folded Into An Anticlinal Structure
Tectonic settingBlock Faulting
AlterationMinor Iron Oxide
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1943
Identification
Deposit ID10027158
MRDS IDM002308
Alternate namesGlory Group, Rico
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.18282, -114.18912
References
ABM BULL 137, P. 126.ABGMT BULL 192, P. 142.KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 142.USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA.WILKINS, J., AND HEIDRICK, T.L., 1982, BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION RELATED TO LOW-ANGLE TECTONIC FEATURES IN THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND BUCKSKIN MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA. IN: MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE COLORADO RIVER REGION, CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND NEVADA: CORDILLERAN PUBLISHERS, P. 182.A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 126; A.B.M. 192, P. 142.