Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryLead
TertiaryZinc, Vanadium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Chlorine, Bismuth, Copper, Manganese, Molybdenum
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formVUGS & IRREGULAR MASSES
Ore controlThe Papago Vein, Which Occurs Within The Red Cloud Fault Zone And One Of Its North-Northwesterly Branches
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Cerargyrite, Malachite, Pyrolusite, Smithsonite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
GangueFluorite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGranite
Associated rockTuff
StructureRed Cloud Fault Zone Strikin N & Dipping Steeply E
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10102454
MRDS IDM002445
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.09146, -114.59996
References
WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 22.WILSON, E.D., 1951, ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 158, P. 96.KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 177.PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.CIMRIA.B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 70