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Flora Temple Claim

Past Producer in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum, Zinc, Vanadium, 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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037073
MRDS ID M030315
Record type Site
Current site name Flora Temple Claim
Alternate or previous names Flora Temple Extension, Part of Castle Dome Mine Group
Related records 10161771

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.1755, 33.04229 (WGS84)
Elevation 405
Relative position SW OF CASTLE DOME PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castle Dome Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(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

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 019W 36 N OF CENTER Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964), 01

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Hydrozincite Ore
Limonite Ore
Mimetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Aragonite Gangue
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Silicification, Locally Iron-Stained

Analytical data

Result ABOUT 58,738 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 4% PB, 0.1% CU, AND 1.3 OZ/T AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Kofa Volcanics
    Rock description Kofa Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.1755, 33.04229
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Well Defined Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES & SHOOTS
    Strike N18W
    Dip 50E
    Length 609.6M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 68.58M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults With Strong Cross Fracturing

Comments on the geologic information

  • RHYOLITE IS IN HANGING WALL, SLATE IN THE FOOTWALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1871
Year of first production 1871
Year of last production 1949

Mining district

District name Castle Dome District

Land status

Ownership category Federal
Area name Kofa Wildlife Refuge

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Eliza Deluce
    First year 1951

Comments on the production information

  • LARGELY MINED OUT BY 1880. STOPE FILL & DUMPS LATER WORKED FOR PB, AG, FLUORSPAR. ONE OF MAJOR PRODUCING MINES IN EARLY DAYS BUT TOTAL OUTPUT UNKNOWN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 68.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • 11 SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • SECOND PATENTED CLAIM IN ARIZONA (1871). AS PERMITTED BY THE MINING LAWS OF THE TIME, IT IS 2000 FT LONG BY 200 FT WIDE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1978, ABGMT BULL 192.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, 1933, ABM BULL 134.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, 1951, ABM BULL 158.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA CLUSTER 343, FLORA TEMPLE

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030315 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit A VERTICAL VEIN STRIKING MORE NW BRANCHES FROM MAIN VEIN NEAR SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF CLAIM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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