| Deposit ID | 10000274 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M002610 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | La Colorado Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Lincoln Mine, Castle Dome Mine Group |
| Related records | 10137866 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.16939, 33.00451 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 6 MILES SW OF CASTLE DOME PEAK (ELV. 3788 FT). |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yuma(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Castle Dome Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Trigo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Gila(hydrologic unit)
Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yuma |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 004S;005S | 019W;019W | 36;01,12 | CENTER OF E2 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Secondary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Result | ABOUT 965 TONS OF ORE AVERGING 43% PB, AND 38 OZ/TON AG |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Kofa Volcanics | ||||
| Rock description | Kofa Volcanics | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -114.16939, 33.00451 |
|---|
| General form | LENSES, SPOTTY BUNCHES & POCKETS |
|---|---|
| Width | 2.44M |
| Depth to bottom | 60.96M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1901 |
| Year of last production | 1949 |
| District name | Castle Dome District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|---|
| Area name | Kofa National Wildlife Refuge |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M002610 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040270812 |
U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.
WILSON, E.D., 1951, ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS: ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, P. 114.
WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, P. 102.
USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA.
USBM FILL DATA; CLUSTER #308; LA COLORADO GROUP.
KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 120.
CIMRI
WILSON, 1951.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD M899962 OF W. GERE WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1972 | Gere, W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1979 | Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1992 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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