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Red Cross Mine

Past Producer in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027164
MRDS ID M002326
Record type Site
Current site name Red Cross Mine
Alternate or previous names Norton
Related records 10161733

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.69159, 32.67453 (WGS84)
Elevation 198
Relative position ABOUT 5 1/2 MILES FROM MOHAWK STATION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mohawk Mountains NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dateland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Cristobal Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USAF(Federal land areas administered by USAF)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 09S 014W 02 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Silicification

Analytical data

Result 60 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 300 OZ AG/TON, 8% PB AND MINOR CU AND AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.69159, 32.67453
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 65 W
    Dip 80 SW
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposit Occurs In A Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • STRONG SERICITIZATION AND SILICIFICATION OF WALL ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mohawk District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED ONE CAR OF SILVER ORE WORTH 10,000 DOLLARS. IN 1913, IT YIELDED A SMALL TONNAGE OF SULPHIDE LEAD ORE AND SILICEOUS SILVER ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF FIVE OR SIX SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SEVERAL SURFACE CUTS

Comments on development

  • WORKED SPORADICALLY FROM ABOUT 1910 TO 1941.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E. D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134 , P. 152 .

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 192, P. 163.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULL. 134 , P. 152 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPOTTY, HIGH-GRADE, ARGENTIFEROUS LEAD MINERALIZATION WITH VEINLETS OF OXIDIZED COPPER AND CALCITE IN A LENSING QUARTZ VEIN.

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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