River View Claims

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102587
MRDS ID M004634
Record type Site
Current site name River View Claims
Alternate or previous names Eureka, Old Selby, Bonanza
Related records 10113885

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.56468, 33.03868 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Relative position SHORT DISTANCE NORTH OF THE COLORADO RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picacho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

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 004S 022W 31 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • WILDLIFE REFUGE NE 1/4 SECTION 31

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification And Chloritization Of Wallrock.

Analytical data

Result 60.4% PB
Result 8.7% ZN
Result 6.9% S
Result 3.0% FE
Result 27.7 OZS. AG
Result 0.08 OZS AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.56468, 33.03868

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR POCKETS
    Strike N 70 E
    Dip 40 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Occupy Fault Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Silver District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Production statistics

  • Year 1978
    Period 1875-1978
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^14% Pb, 6 Oz Ag/Ton, 8% Zn, 0.2 Oz Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 14wt-pct
    Major Ore Gold Gold 56g/mt
    Ore Zinc Zinc 8wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 169g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL SHIPMENTS OF HIGH-GRADE SILVER-LEAD ORE SINCE 1875, WORKED INTERMITTENTLY.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING CONSIST OF NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS, SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET TUNNELS, AND A FEW SHALLOW WINZES AND SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D.; 1933; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 71

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D. 1951; ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS; ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 158, P. 97

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 192, P. 178.

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 192, P. 178.

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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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