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Buckeye Vein Group

Past Producer in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Molybdenum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Vanadium, 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. 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 10037078
MRDS ID M030339
Record type Site
Current site name Buckeye Vein Group
Alternate or previous names Castle Dome, New Dil-New Chance No. 1, Lady Edith, Big Dome -Dusty No. 4, New Chance No. 4, Hopkins, Miller, Norma, Caledona, William Penn

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.17578, 33.04174 (WGS84)
Elevation 408

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 019W 25,36 CENTER OF S (25); CENTER OF N (36); CENTER OF S (36) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964); 01

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • ALSO TRACES OF BA, AS, SE, BE, SB

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Shales Somewhat Chloritized, Vein Wall Rocks Altered To Quartz, Ca Lcite, & Sericite

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) -114.17578, 33.04174
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Cross Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES & BRANCHING VEIN
    Strike S25E
    Dip 70 W
    Length 1524M
    Width 0.61M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Best Ore At Contact Of Two Types Of Dikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • PYRITE METACRYSTALS, ALTERED TO LIMONITE, ARE PRESENT.

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 Game Range

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Eliza De Luce

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED BEFORE 1870 BUT ITS TOTAL PRODUCTION IS UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1524M
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS INCLINED SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • 1 PATENTED CLAIM, NUMEROUS UNPATENTED CLAIMS. PREVIOUS OWNERS & O PERATORS INCLUDE MILLER & NAGLE, MILLER & HOPKINS, CASTLE DOME MINING & SMELTING CO, GONDOLFO & SANQUINETTI, DE LUCE

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

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1978, P. 119. WILSON, 1951, P .110

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030339 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

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

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