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Big Dome Prospect

Past Producer in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098207
MRDS ID M001817
Record type Site
Current site name Big Dome Prospect
Alternate or previous names Big Dome, Senora, Promontorio Group
Related records 10283800

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.16939, 33.03201 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position SOUTHERN END OF THE BUCKEYE VEIN.

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)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

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 36 CENTER OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON KOFA GAME RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.16939, 33.03201
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shafts And Adit In Shale Near A Diorite Porphyry Contact

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike S 25 E
    Dip 70 W

Comments on the geologic information

  • VISIBLE ROCKS CONSIST OF STEEPLY WESTWARD-DIPPING SHALE CUT BY LARGE DIKES OF DIORITE PORPHYRY

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 68.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ON THIS CLAIM INCLUDE FOUR OLD SHAFTS AND AN ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D.; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134 P. 96

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D.; 1951; ARIZONA LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS: ARIZONA B.M. BULLETIN 158, P. 110

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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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