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Mable Mine

Past Producer in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Vanadium, Molybdenum
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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. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037074
MRDS ID M030324
Record type Site
Current site name Mable Mine
Alternate or previous names Puckett Property, Mabel Mine
Related records 10283269

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.16328, 33.03618 (WGS84)
Elevation 430
Relative position 3.5 MI SSE OF CASTLE DOME PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castle Dome Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 018W;019W 31;36 NW4 OF SW4 (31); E2 (36) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Kofa Volcanics
    Rock description Kofa Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.16328, 33.03618
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Faults Strike N-Nw, Dip Steeply , And Are Followed By Mineral-Bearing Veins
Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Cross-Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, POCKETS, IRREGULAR MASSES
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures Cut By Dikes; W, V In Vugs And Solution Channels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1925
Year of last production 1936

Mining district

District name Castle Dome District

Land status

Ownership category Federal
Area name Kofa Game Range

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jones
    First year 1933

Production statistics

  • Year 1978
    Period 1880-1978
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^20% Pb, 8 Oz/T Ag, 0.2 Oz/T Au, 0.2% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 20wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 226g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Major Ore Gold Gold 6g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED SPORADICALLY

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 115.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 SHAFTS 324, 380, 60, 50, AND 49 FT DEEP, SOME WITH STOPING

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE SMITH, J. A. MCCADDEN, DOOLEY B. JONES, PACIFIC LEAD CORP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1978, ABGMT BULL 192.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, 1933, ABM BULL 134.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, 1951, ABM BULL 158.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPOTTY POCKETS AND IRREGULAR MASSES OF PARTLY OXIDIZED ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA WITH MINOR BARITE IN GANGUE IN FISSURE VEINS.
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030324 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU UM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T. G. THEODORE, USGS. RECORD # M002611 BY W. GERE, UPDATED BY R.K. HALL AND S.C. CREASEY, HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit First Production Year: 1925 (FIRST REPORTED)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-83 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-79 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-87 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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