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Silver Clip Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027231
MRDS ID M002561
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Clip Mine
Alternate or previous names Blaine, Clip Mine
Related records 10186334

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.58551, 33.1359 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Relative position 28 MILES NORTH OF YUMA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hidden Valley(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 25 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Barite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Carbonatization, Silicification

Analytical data

Result 20 TO 140 OZS. AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.58551, 33.1359
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Beds, Which Generally Dip At Low Angles, Are Extensively Shattered In Several Directions. The Most Extensive Fissuring Trends N25e, With Steep Westward Dip, And Another Prominent System Strikes Northward, With Steep Eastward Dip. Many Faults Of Undetermined Throw Strike North-Northeast, North, And Northwest, With Westward Dips

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N30E
    Dip 70W
    Length 228.6M
    Width 2.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 36.58M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Clip Vein Occurs Within A Fault Zone That Strikes From N30e To N10w And Dips 60 Deg To 70 Deg W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Silver District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE 5 LEVELS OF DRIFTS AT APPROXIMATELY FORTY-FOOT INTERVALS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 56.

  • Deposit

    PARKER, F.Z., 1966, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER DISTRICT, TRIGO MOUNTAINS YUMA COUNTY ARIZONA: MASTERS THESIS SAN DIEGO STATE COLLEGE.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 3, 185 P.

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 56

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT THE 120 FT LEVEL ORE SHOOTS TERMINATE OR PINCHOUT. TRANSVERSE FAULTS INCREASED ORE VALUES. MINERALIZATION IS ALONG A FUALT ZONE.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000096 OF FISCHER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 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-APR-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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