Yuma Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027694
MRDS ID M003845
Record type Site
Current site name Yuma Mine
Alternate or previous names T & A, Liberator
Related records 10186681

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.74967, 33.84034 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Relative position 7 MILES DUE NORTH OF VICKSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harcuvar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bouse Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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 006N}006N 014W}014W 19}30 SE (19) OF NE (NE) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • USBM GIVES LOCATION AS T6N, R14W, SEC 30 AND LATITUDE 33-50-26N, LONGITUDE 113-44-55W ON SALOME QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Covellite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Albite Gangue
Augite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Oxidation, Epidotization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.74967, 33.84034

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing, Contact Metamorphism

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE REPLACEMENT OF THE LIMESTONE BY MAGNETITE MAY BE ONE OF THE RESULTS OF THE METAMORPHIC ACTION PRODUCED BY THE INTRUSION OF THE GRANITE IN THIS GENERAL VICINITY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Year of first production 1942
Year of last production 1963

Mining district

District name Harcuvar District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dan Nelson, Frank Aubel And Art Morin
    First year 1979

Production statistics

  • Year 1963
    Period 1942-1963
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2.3% Cu, 0.03 Oz Au/St, 0.3 Oz Ag/St
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 8g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECTED AND MINED INTERMITTENTLY BUT MAINLY FROM 1942 THROUGH 1963.

Comments on the workings information

  • AN ADIT 680 FT LONG CONNECTING WITH A 75 FT SHAFT; TWO WINZES OF 405 AND 420 FT RESPECTIVELY; SHALLOW SURFACE CUTS.

Comments on development

  • PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE: IRONWOOD AND ARIZONA DEV. CO., YUMA COPPER CO., SPRY, LIBERATOR MINES CORP. OF AMERICA, SOUTH CALIFORNIA CHEMICAL CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 451, P. 95.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT BULL 192, P.150.

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    STATE OF ARIZ. BUR. OF GEO. AND MIN. TECH. G.S. BULLETIN 192, P. 150.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRONG IRON GOSSANS FROM PRIMARY MAGNETITE AND PYRITE, WITH QUARTZ STRINGERS, CALCITE, AND CONTACT METAMORPHIC MINERALS. WALL ROCKS FRACTURED AND STRONGLY CHLORITIZED AND EPIDOTIZED. HOST ROCK CUT BY NUMEROUS MAFIC DIKES. THE PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF A LEDGE OF YELLOW CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE BY MAGNETITE IN THE VICINITY OF THE CAMP IS THE MOST CONSPICUOUS PART OF THE SECTION EXPOSED ON THE PROPERTY.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002945 OF J.W. HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1860'S

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-JUL-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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