| Deposit ID | 10113627 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M002626 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0040270197 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Fortuna Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | La Fortuna |
| Related records | 10027250 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.33048, 32.55149 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 238 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yuma(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Fortuna Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Yuma(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
El Centro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Yuma Desert(hydrologic unit)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
USAF(Federal land areas administered by USAF)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yuma |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 010 S | 020 W | 21 | C N2 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Garnet | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Hematite | Unknown |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Malachite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Silver | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -114.33048, 32.55149 |
|---|
| Strike | S40W | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 70S | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 244M | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 30M | ||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1895 |
| Year of first production | 1896 |
| District name | Fortuna District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Military Reservation |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Air Force (Luke Air Force Base Bombing Range) |
| Year | 1959 |
| Year | 1941 |
|---|---|
| Period | 1896-1941 |
| Material | ore |
| Ore mined | 234792.24mt |
| Description | 1896-1941. See Comments For Grades. 213000 St Ore |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040270197 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M002626 | MAS references MRDS |
KEITH S B 1978 ARIZ BUR GEOL AND MIN TECH BULL 192 P 150
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DATE OF LAST PRODUCTION IS APPROXIMATE, AS IS YEAR OF DISCOVERY. THE ORE WAS CUT OFF BY A FAULT AT A DEPTH OF 800 FT, AND ONLY A SMALL SEGMENT OF IT WAS FOUND BETWEEN THE 900- AND 1100-FOOT LEVELS. WIDTH OF MINERALIZATION IS .5 TO 3.7 METERS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 28-FEB-1995 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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