| 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: | -113.74967, 33.84034 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 488 |
| Relative position | 7 MILES DUE NORTH OF VICKSBURG. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | La Paz |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 006N}006N | 014W}014W | 19}30 | SE (19) OF NE (NE) | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| 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 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| |||||
| 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 |
| (1) | -113.74967, 33.84034 |
|---|
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|
| 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 |
| District name | Harcuvar District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dan Nelson, Frank Aubel And Art Morin |
| First year | 1979 |
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M003845 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040120010 |
USGS BULL 451, P. 95.
ABGMT BULL 192, P.150.
ADMR FILE DATA.
ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION FILE DATA.
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.
CIMRI
STATE OF ARIZ. BUR. OF GEO. AND MIN. TECH. G.S. BULLETIN 192, P. 150.
| 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 |
| 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 |
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