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Old Yuma Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Vanadium, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234968
MRDS ID M050625
MAS/MILS ID 0040190345
Record type Site
Current site name Old Yuma Mine
Alternate or previous names Yuma Mine
Related records 10103758

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.12179, 32.31481 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jaynes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013 S 012 E 09 NWNWSE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Vanadinite Unknown
Wulfenite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.12179, 32.31481
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 40S
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N60E:40S
    Date of Last Modification 910919

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALSO PRESENT ARE VARIOUS BASE METAL SULFIDES AND CERUSSITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Amole

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Consolidated Mining And Milling
    Year 1987

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 189 P102 1974

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY IS ALSO UNDER USGS MRDS ID NO. D000106. NIEMUTH (ADMMR REP. D-29(87), 1987) LISTS REDEVELOPMENT OF THE OLD WORKINGS FOR PRODUCING MINERAL SPECIMENS WHILE DEVELOPING A HEAP-LEACHING FACILITY ON THE SURFACE. IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER THE MINE WILL BE USED TO SUPPLY ORE TO BE LEACHED OR IF THE LEACH FACILITY WILL BE USED STRICTLY AS A CUSTOM PROCESSOR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-SEP-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.