Senora Mine Group

Past Producer in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Molybdenum, Barium-Barite
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. 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 10037075
MRDS ID M030325
Record type Site
Current site name Senora Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Linda Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.17245, 33.02951 (WGS84)
Elevation 402
Relative position 4 MI W OF THUMB 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)

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;005S 019W;019W 36;01 S OF CENTER (36); N OF CENTER (01) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Hydrozincite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Wall Rocks Silicified, Carbonatized, And Sericitized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.17245, 33.02951

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Wavy Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, LENSES
    Strike N30W
    Dip 60E
    Length 76.2M
    Width 1.52M
    Depth to bottom 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zones And Dikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • COVERED BY SURFACE GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Castle Dome District

Land status

Ownership category Federal
Area name Kofa Wildlife Refuge

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arthur Haak
    First year 1933

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS FOR DISTRICT. ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL PRODUCERS OF THE DISTRICT FROM 1800'S TO RECENT YEARS. STOPE FILL & DUMPS REWORKED FOR PB, AG, & FLUORITE. PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN. GALENA IS SAID TO AVERAGE ABOUT 29 OZ/T AG.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS & STOPES

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE DE LUCE, HAACK, ESSENTIAL MINERALS LTD., CADWALLER, WALL, HOMESTAKE MINING CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1978, ABGMT BULL 192

  • Deposit

    WILSON, 1933, ABM BULL 134

  • Deposit

    WILSON, 1951, ABM BULL 158

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    MINERAL AVAILABILITY SYSTEM - ARIZONA FLUORSPAR: ARIZONA DMR, MARCH, 1976.

  • Deposit

    VAN ALSTINE, R.E., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULL 180, USGS BULL 871, P. 354.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    MAS, 1976.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN VEIN STRIKES N20-40W, DIPS 50-70E ON THE 100 FT LEVEL, 3 OTHER VEINS STRIKE N30W & FOLLOW STEEPLY WESTWARD DIPPING FAULT ZONE. FLUORITE, CALCITE, BARITE, GALENA, AND WULFENITE ARE ASSOCIATED IN THESE VEINS WHERE METASEDIMENTS HAVE BEEN INTRUDED BY RHYOLITE AND DIORITE PORPHYRIES. VEINS SPLIT AND BRANCH, BUT ARE TRACEABLE FOR UP TO 4000 FT. FLUORITE ORE IS USUALLY < 5 FT THICK. VEINS LOCALLY CONTAIN 40-60% FLUORITE.
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030325 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit DUPLICATE RECORD TC10303 HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. 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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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