Arizona · La Paz County
Past Producer
Desert Mine
La Paz County, Arizona, United States
Copper
Gold
Silver
Lead
Molybdenum
Iron
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Commodities
Primary
Copper, Gold
Secondary
Silver, Lead
Tertiary
Molybdenum, Iron
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
S
Orebody form
IRREGULAR, CONTORTED
Ore control
Ores Follow Schistosity Of Metasediments
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Gold, Limonite, Malachite, Wulfenite
Gangue
Calcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Metasedimentary Rock,Argillite
Associated rock
Rhyolite,Granite
Structure
Schistosity Of Metasediments
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10027677
MRDS ID
M003794
Alternate names
Golden Mound, Gold Eagle
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
33.76284, -113.72438
References
USGS BULL 451, P. 102.USGS BULL 1355, P. 74.ABM BULL 192, P. 148.ADMR FILE DATA.ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION FILE DATA.CIMRIU.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355, P. 74 (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978.