Cleveland-Chicago Group

Past Producer in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Molybdenum
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103549
MRDS ID M030318
Record type Site
Current site name Cleveland-Chicago Group
Alternate or previous names New Cleveland, Big Jim Hope, Ruby Nos. 1 & 2
Related records 10186402

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.08134, 33.0459 (WGS84)
Relative position 3600 FT E OF FLORA TEMPLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Slumgullion Pass(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 30,31 SW4 (30); NW4 (31) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.08134, 33.0459

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissure Dipping 80sw

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike 530E
    Dip 80SW
    Length 426.72M
    Width 0.91M
    Depth to bottom 106.68M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures In Dikes And Near Dikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST OF THE OUTCROP CONCEALED BY GRAVEL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Castle Dome District

Land status

Ownership category Federal
Area name Kofa Game Range

Comments on the production information

  • STOPE FILLS & DUMPS REWORKED IN EARLY 1930'S, LATE 1940'S, AND 196 6-1967. PROPERTY PRACTICALLY IDLE FROM 1913-1930.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 51.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFTS & STOPES

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE HODGE, DE LUCE, HAACK, YOUNG, MAYHEW MINI NG CO, CASTLE DOME MINING CO, K & W MINING CO, CHILDRESS & WRIGHT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1978, ABGMT BULL 192.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, 1933, ABM BULL 134.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, 1951, ABM BULL 158.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030318 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-83 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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