| Deposit ID | 10060289 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | TC10305 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Colorada Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Colorado Group, Lincoln, La Colorado, Modesti Property |
| Related records | 10210182 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.16661, 33.00285 (WGS84) |
|---|
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yuma |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 005S | 019W | 12 | E2 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| (1) | -114.16661, 33.00285 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Castle Dome District |
|---|
| Ownership category | |
|---|---|
| Area name | Kofa National Wildlife Refuge |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | TC10305 |
"MINERAL AVAILABILITY SYSTEMS: ARIZONA FLUORSPAR", ARIZONA DMR, MARCH 1976.
VAN ALSTINE, R.E., 1969, "FLUORSPAR", IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 354.
PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | GREEN, PURPLE, AND ROSE-COLORED FLUORITE ASSOCIATED WITH CALCITE, BARITE, GALENA, AND WULFENITE OCCURS IN VEINS WHERE MESOZOIC SHALE, IMPURE LIMESTONE, SILTSTONE, AND SCHIST HAVE BEEN INTRUDED BY RHYOLITE PORPHYRY AND DIORITE PORPHYRY. MAIN HOST ROCK IS CRETACEOUS SHALE. VEINS SPLIT AND BRANCH BUT ARE TRACEABLE FOR 4000 FT. FLUORITE ORE USUALLY LESS THAN 5 FT THICK. VEINS LOCALLY CONTAIN 40-60 PERCENT FLUORITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1991 | Carbonaro, Marguerite M. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1992 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1995 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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