| Deposit ID | 10027202 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M002459 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Geronimo Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Geronimo North and South Mines |
| Related records | 10210583 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.61357, 33.11618 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 229 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 1.25 NW OF THE RED CLOUD MINE. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | La Paz |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 003S | 023W | 34 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Secondary |
| Vanadium Critical | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Iron | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Vanadinite | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Cerussite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 6% PB |
|---|---|
| Result | 8 OZS. OF AG/TON |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| (1) | -114.61357, 33.11618 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Faults |
| General form | IRREGULAR LENSING |
|---|---|
| Strike | N27W |
| Dip | 65NE |
| Width | 15.24M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Silver District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 7.62M |
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M002459 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040270201 |
WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 64.
KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERITIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 192, P. 176.
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | IRREGULAR LENSING VEINS ALONG FAULTS. |
| Deposit | RECORD # D000097 BY RICHARD P. FISCHER HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| 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 | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1992 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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