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Yuma Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Iron, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186681
MRDS ID M003845
MAS/MILS ID 0040120010
Record type Site
Current site name Yuma Mine
Alternate or previous names Yuma Liberator, T & A
Related records 10027694

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.74938, 33.84066 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

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)

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 006 N 014 W 30 NENENE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Cuprite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Siderite Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.74938, 33.84066
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Date of Last Modification 911009

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALTERATION INCLUDES CHLORITIZATION AND EPIDOTIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1942

Mining district

District name Ellsworth District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dan Nelson, Frank Aubel, And Art Morin
    Year 1979

Production statistics

  • Year 1963
    Period 1942-1963
    Description 1942-1963. See Comments For Grades. 8600 St Ore

Comments on the production information

  • ORE GRADES FOR PAST PRODUCTION ARE: 2.3% CU, 0.03 TR OZ/ST AU, AND 0.3 TR OZ/ST AG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1978 ARIZ BUR GEOL AND MIN TECH BULL 192 P 150.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-OCT-91 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.