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Adams Mine Group

Past Producer in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Vanadium, 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. 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. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102458
MRDS ID M002517
Record type Site
Current site name Adams Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Dandy Boy Group, Puzzler, Silver Dollar
Related records 10113257

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.15717, 33.03063 (WGS84)
Elevation 442
Relative position ABOUT 25 MILES NE OF DOME , 1.5 MI SE OF CASTLE DOME MINE.

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 018W 31 SW4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Calcite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron Stained Gouge

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.15717, 33.03063
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciated Wall Rock; Fault Zone 7-8 Ft Wide Striki Ng S23e, Dipping 7one

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike S23E
    Dip 70NE
    Width 2.44M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Occupies A Fault Zone That Strikes S23e And Dips 70ne

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
Area name Kofa Game Range

Production statistics

  • Year 1952
    Period 1900-1952
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^49% Pb, 18 Oz Ag/Ton, Little Au, Cu.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 508g/mt
    Minor Ore Lead Lead 49wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ON THESE CLAIMS INCLUDE FOUR SHAFTS, PUZZLER CLAIM HAS OVER 100 FT DRIFT IN VEIN ON 55 FT LEVEL, 230 FT DRIFTS ON 110 FT LEVEL AND 290 FT DRIFTS ON 175 FT LEVEL

Comments on development

  • 20 CLAIMS WERE HELD BY G.B. ADAMS IN 1933, OTHER OWNERS WERE STEPHENS, HUDSON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, P. 101.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1951, ARIZONA LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 158, P. 113.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 117.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 101 (9) KEITH, S.B., 1978.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE BEST ORE OCCURS WHERE THE FAULT ZONE CONTAINS THE REDDISH GOUGE. FLUORITE OCCURS IN GREENISH CRYSTALS TO 1 IN DIAMETER. VUGS CONTAIN IRREGULAR AND SPOTTY MASSES OF COARSELY CRYSTALLINE GALENA COATED WITH ANGLESITE, CERUSSITE, AND LEAD OXIDES, VANADINITE, AND WULFENITE.

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-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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