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Valenzuella Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027942
MRDS ID M004589
Record type Site
Current site name Valenzuella Mine
Related records 10235052

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.34996, 33.81144 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Relative position 22 MILES SW OF BOUSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moon Mountain SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tyson Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

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 020W 32 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Hematite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.34996, 33.81144
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike EW
    Dip N
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposit Occurs Along A Shear Zone In The Schists.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bouse District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • THE ORE IS REPORTED TO CONTAIN 10% CU, AND $1.50 IN GOLD PER TON

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.014HA
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE SHAFT VARING IN DIP FROM HORIZONTA TO 35 DEG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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

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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.