Geronimo Prospect

Occurrence in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Tungsten, Vanadium, Zinc, Iron, Molybdenum, Manganese, Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -114.61357, 33.11618 (WGS84)
Elevation 229
Relative position ABOUT 1.25 NW OF THE RED CLOUD 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 003S 023W 34 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • E CENTRAL AND SE 1/4 SECTION 34.

Commodities

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 information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Iron Ore
Silver Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Cerussite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 6% PB
Result 8 OZS. OF AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.61357, 33.11618

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENSING
    Strike N27W
    Dip 65NE
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Two Veins Occur Within The Fault Zone

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

Comments on the production information

  • MAY HAVE BEEN MINED IN 1880'S

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 7.62M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE SOUTH GERONIMO CLAIM IS DEVELOPED BY A SINGLE SHAFT. THE NORTH GERONIMO CLAIM IS DEVELOPED BY A SHAFT AND TWO SHORT ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 64.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERITIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 192, P. 176.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

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

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
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.