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Yellow Breast Prospect

Occurrence in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum, Silver
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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. 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 10027651
MRDS ID M003682
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Breast Prospect
Related records 10234470

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.37993, 33.25368 (WGS84)
Elevation 411
Relative position 4 MI ESE OF CLANTON WELL, 3/4 MI NE OF BILL TAFT WORKINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nottbusch Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Little Horn Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(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 Yuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 002S 011W 15 SW4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.37993, 33.25368
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A Fault Zone That Strikes And Dips With The Schist Contains A Vein, About Five Feet Wide, Of Brecciated, Iron-Stained, Dull-Brown Quartz

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR BUNCHES
    Strike S30W
    Dip 90
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone Following Schistosity

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRAVEL MANTLED PEDIMENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gila Bend Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 13.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO VERTICAL SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1978, ABGMT BULL 192

  • Deposit

    EBERLY & STANLEY, 1978, GSA BULL V. 89 P. 921-940

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1971, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, MINERAL REPORT NO. 2, ARIZONA DMR.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FILES, 1990 (PEIRCE).

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GREEN FLUORITE, GALENA, AND WULFENITE IN QUARTZ VEIN IN SCHIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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