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Chloride-Mandarin-Cash Entry Prospects

Occurrence in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Zinc, Tungsten, Silver, Molybdenum, Manganese, Vanadium
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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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095031
MRDS ID M002423
Record type Site
Current site name Chloride-Mandarin-Cash Entry Prospects
Related records 10259520

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.56912, 33.09063 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF RED CLOUD MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picacho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 022W 07,06 Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hanging Wall Chloritized For Several Feet

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.56912, 33.09063
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description These Rocks Have Been Extensively Faulted And Fractured. The Major Faults, Strike Northward And Northwestward, Minor Faults Strike In Other Directions. The Principal Joining In The Granite Strikes S70w And Dips Steeply Southeast

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N10W
    Dip 65SW
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposits Occur Along Fault Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver District

Land status

Ownership category Federal
Area name Yuma Proving Ground

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Neal Mining Co.
    First year 1933

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY HAS BEEN PROSPECTED BY SEVERAL SHALLOW WORKINGS AND A SHORT TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARKER, F.Z., 1966, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER DISTRICT TRIGO MOUNTAINS YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: MASTERS THESIS SAN DIEGO STATE COLLEGE.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 60.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHLORIDE NO 1 CLAIM CONTAINS A 3-5 FT THICK VEIN IN N10W TRENDING, 60-70SW DIPPING FAULT. MANDARIN CLAIM CONTAINS A NARROW FLUORITE-BARITE-CALCITE VEIN IN A NW TRENDING FAULT ZONE. CASH ENTRY CLAIM CONTAINS VEINLETS OF MN-CALCITE, FLUORITE, AND VANADINITE. THE VEINS ARE BANDED AND UP TO 1/4 INCH WIDE WITH FINELY CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ AND FLUORITE CUT BY BLADED CRYSTALS OF BARITE AND VEINLETS OF CALCITE.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC39714 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Hall, R.K. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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