Jude Mine

Past Producer in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Iron
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. 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. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102456
MRDS ID M002458
Record type Site
Current site name Jude Mine
Alternate or previous names Silverfields
Related records 10259323

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.60829, 32.69647 (WGS84)
Elevation 69
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF YUMA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yuma East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuma(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Centro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yuma Desert(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 008S 023W 34 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.60829, 32.69647

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Gneiss Has Been Cut By Many Fractures And Minor Faults

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Strike SW
    Dip SE
    Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yuma District

Land status

Ownership category County

Production statistics

  • Year 1947
    Period 1900-1947
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.3 Oz Au/Ton, Minor Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 8g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1906 SEVERAL SACKS OF RICH GOLD ORE WAS SHIPPED. WORKED IN EARLY 1900'S, AND IN 1939-40, AND 1947.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL OLD SHAFTS, A FEW SHORT DRIFTS, AND SHALLOW SURFACE CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 221.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 181.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, S.B., 1978.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.