| Deposit ID | 10027863 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M004242 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Capilano Mine |
| Related records | 10282957 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.2019, 34.18365 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 183 |
| Relative position | 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF PARKER |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
La Paz(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cross Roads(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Needles(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
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 | 010N | 019W | 26 | NE | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Specularite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt | ||||
| Rock unit name | Osborne Wash Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Osborne Wash Formation | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| (1) | -114.2019, 34.18365 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Nw-Trending Basin And Range Faults. |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Gash Veins And Joint Planes Adjoining The Normal Faults. |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Cienega District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M004242 |
ABM BULL 137, P. 127
ABGMT BULL 192, P. 123
WILKINS, J. AND HEIDRICK, T.L., 1982, BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION RELATED TO LOW-ANGLE TECTONIC FEATURES IN THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND BUCKSKIN MOUNTAINS,ARIZONA. IN: MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE COLORADO RIVER REGION, CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND NEVADA; CORDILLERAN PUBLISHERS; P. 182.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEIN IS IN SILICIFIED BRECCIATED WALL ROCK ALONG A NORMAL FAULT ZONE. |
| 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 |
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