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Silver Glance Prospect

Occurrence in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Iron, Molybdenum
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095032
MRDS ID M002452
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Glance Prospect
Related records 10283497

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.59357, 33.09201 (WGS84)
Elevation 259
Relative position JUST NORTH OF THE BLACK ROCK 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)

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 023W 01,02 CENTER OF E2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.59357, 33.09201
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A Broad, Brecciated Fault Zone, Slightly Offset By Several Transverse Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike S15W
    Dip 45SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Occurs Within A Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • MAY HAVE PRODUCED SOME SILVER ORE IN EARLY DAYS; NO DETAILS OF ITS PRODUCTION IS KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 76.2M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D.; 1933; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 68

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1978, ABGMT BULL 192

  • Deposit

    PARKER, 1966, SAN DIEGO STATE COLLEGE MS THESIS

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILE DATA

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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