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Riho Prospect

Occurrence in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027047
MRDS ID M001805
Record type Site
Current site name Riho Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.60051, 33.08424 (WGS84)
Elevation 229
Relative position 1 1/4 MILES SOUTH OF THE PAPAGO MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picacho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(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 004S 023W 14 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.60051, 33.08424
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation N20e, 25e; Faulting N50w, 78ne

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N35W
    Dip VERT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Red Cloud Mining And Milling Co. ( Which Consist Of Two Veins A)
    First year 1951

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ON THE SOUTH CLAIM INCLUDE SEVERAL PITS, OPEN CUTS, SHAFTS, AND STOPES. AT THE NORTH CLAIM THE VEIN HAS BEEN STOPED FROM SEVERAL ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARKER, F.Z.; 1966; THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER DISTRICT TRIGO MOUNTIANS; YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: MASTER THESIS SAN DIEGO STATE COLLEGE, P 131-132

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D.; 1951; ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS; ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 158, P. 96

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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