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Old Yuma Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Gold, Semiprecious Gemstone, Zinc, Molybdenum, Silver, Vanadium
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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. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103758
MRDS ID M050625
Record type Site
Current site name Old Yuma Mine
Related records 10234968

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.1218, 32.31483 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE EAST-NORTHEAST OF TUCSON MOUNTAIN PARK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jaynes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013S 012E 09 CENTER Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Semiprecious Gemstone Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Silver Secondary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Analytical data

Result $3/T AU
Result AVERAGE MINE ORE 2-3% WULFENITE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.1218, 32.31483
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulted Orebody Along A Fracture Zone

Ore body information

  • General form LENSING
    Strike N60E
    Dip 40S
    Width 5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Amole District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Consolidated Mining And Milling
    Home office Tucson, Az.
    First year 1986

Production statistics

  • Year 1947
    Period 1916-1947
    Material PB CU ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^4% Pb, 1% Cu, 0.6% Zn, 0.3% Mo, 1 Oz/T Ag, 0.1 Oz/T Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Molybdenum Molybdenum 0wt-pct
    Minor Ore Zinc Zinc 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Minor Ore Lead Lead 4wt-pct
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 3g/mt
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 28g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION SPORADIC; REPORTED 1916 TO BE SHIPPING ORE TO TUCSON, ORE CHIEFLY CONTAINING MO WITH ABOUT $3/T AU.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT, EXPOSING UNDERGROUND STOPES; NUMEROUS SHAFTS, PITS.

Comments on development

  • 1984-1986: DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AND HEAP LEACH FACILITY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JENKINS & WILSON, 1920, ABM BULL 106.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 102.

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Deposit

    SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1974

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARTLY OXIDIZED BASE METAL SULFIDES WITH WULFENITE AND VANADINITE IN A QUARTZ-SERICITE GANGUE FORM A STEEPLY DIPPING, LENSING, AND FAULTED ORE BODY. THE ORE BODY OCCURS ALONG A FRATURE ZONE CUTTING CRET ANDESITE AND ASSOCIATED WITH A LARAMIDE PORPHYRY INTRUSION.
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050625 WITH RECORD D000106 OF JAN WILT AND RICHARD P. FISCHER IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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