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Red Cloud Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Semiprecious Gemstone, Zinc, Vanadium, Barium-Barite, Tungsten, Manganese, Fluorine-Fluorite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027196
MRDS ID M002442
Record type Site
Current site name Red Cloud Mine
Related records 10210120, 10138017

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.60218, 33.10063 (WGS84)
Elevation 229
Relative position ON THE WEST SIDE OF RED CLOUD-YUMA WASH RD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picacho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 023W 02 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • S CENTRAL SECTION 2. PROPERTY IS PATENTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Semiprecious Gemstone Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • A WORLD FAMOUS WULFENITE COLLECTING SITE. THE WULFENITE IS A DEEP RED AND OCCURS IN STOUT, TABULAR CRYSTALS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Willemite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Wall Rocks Silicified, Sericitized, & Carbonatized

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE 6 % PB, 10 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.60218, 33.10063
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults And Fractures Trending In Several Directions Have Extensively Affected All Of The Formations. The Most Prominent Faults Strike North-Northwest And, In Places, Form The Contracts Between Granite And Lavas

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR MASSES, VUG LININGS
    Strike N15W
    Dip 45 E
    Length 30.48M
    Width 1.83M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 124.97M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Occurs Within A Fault Zone Of Somewhat Irregular Strike And Dip, Seperating The Volcanic Rocks On The East From The Granite On The West . Best Ore At Intersections Of Fault & Cross Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • ONE OF THE BEST WULFENITE LOCALITIES IN THE WORLD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name Silver District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1889
    Period 1880-1889
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^18 Oz Ag/Ton, 5.5 % Pb, Minor Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Lead Lead 6wt-pct
    Silver Silver 508g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PB, ZN, AG RECOVERED FROM DUMPS IN 1949.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.016HA
    Length 170.69M
    Overall depth 163.07M

Comments on the workings information

  • IRREGULAR SHAFTS, DRIFTS, AND STOPES

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE RED CLOUD MINING CO, HORTON & KNAPP, HUBBARD & BOWERS, RED CLOUD CONSOLIDATED MINES CO, HANNA, PENN METALS INC, RED CLOUD MINING & MILLING CO, RILEY & HOLMES. SURVEYED FOR PATENT IN 1885 FOR HORTON & KNAPP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M.J., HEINEMAN, R.E.S., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, ED., 1951, ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 158, P. 90.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 65.

  • Deposit

    PARKER, F.Z., 1966, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER DISTRICT, TRIGO MOUNTAINS, YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: MASTER THESIS SAN DIEGO STATE COLLEGE, P. 118-126.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Deposit

    BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS, 165 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104; A.B.M. BULLETIN 158, P. 90, ABM BULLETIN 192, P. 177; DMEA RECORDS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR VEIN FAULT. WULFENITE CRYSTALS OCCUR IN SMALL TO MID-SIZE POCKETS.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORDS D000099 OF R.P. FISCHER AND D003061 OF J.W. HASLER WHICH HAVE BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. SURFACE COLLECTING IS OCCASIONALLY ALLOWED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

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-MAR-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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