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Mariquita Prospect

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102570
MRDS ID M004238
Record type Site
Current site name Mariquita Prospect
Related records 10137608

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.30579, 33.66534 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Relative position ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF QUARTZITE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Middle Camp Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tyson Wash(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 004N 019W 22,27 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.30579, 33.66534
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike S20E
    Dip 20NE
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Lies In A Slip Or Fault Between Parallel Schist Strata

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Middle Camp District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1945
    Period 1880-1945
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.6 Oz Au/Ton, 0.3 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 85g/mt
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 169g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ON THE PROPERTY ARE OLD AND NOT VERY EXTENSIVE

Comments on development

  • WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM LATE 1800'S TO 1940'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1911, ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 451, P. 81.

  • Deposit

    JONES, E.L., JR., 1915, GOLD DEPOSITS NEAR QUARTZITE, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 620, P. 56.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 161.

  • 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
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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