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Blue Slate Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Iron
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102559
MRDS ID M004103
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Slate Mine
Related records 10113341

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.06968, 33.96505 (WGS84)
Elevation 290
Relative position ABOUT 6 MILES NW OF BOUSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bouse(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bouse Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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 007N 017W 07 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

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) -114.06968, 33.96505
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N20W
    Dip NE
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Occurs Within A Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Northern Plomosa District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1932
    Period 1900-1932
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3% Cu, 1 Oz Au/Ton, Traces Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 28g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 3wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED BY TWO SHAFTS, 150 FT AND 60 FT DEEP, WITH VERY LITTLE DRIFTING. MOST OF THE ORE MINED WAS FROM SURFACE CUTS ON THE VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D.; CUNNINGHAM, J.B.; BUTLER, G.M.; 1934; ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 135

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1978, AZ. BU. MINES BULL. 192.

  • Production

    (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978.

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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