| Deposit ID | 10400291 |
|---|---|
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Silver District |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.59301, 33.08896 (WGS84) |
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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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | La Paz |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 004 S | 023 W | 12 | SW 1/4 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Silver | Ore |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Barite | Unknown |
| Hematite | Unknown |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Pyrolusite | Unknown |
| Chlorite | Unknown |
| Cerrusite | Unknown |
| Cerargyrite | Unknown |
| Vanadinite | Unknown |
| Malachite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Smithsonite | Unknown |
| Anglesite | Unknown |
| Argentite | Unknown |
| (1) | -114.59301, 33.08896 |
|---|
| General form | Irregular |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 69M |
| Length | 4800M |
| Width | 2400M |
| Area | 250HA |
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Silver District |
|---|---|
| District name | Eureka District |
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Federal Lease |
| Type of mineral rights | State Lease |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1987 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 5704500mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Remarks | Orbex Industries 1988 Annual Report | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Measured | 5443000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Remarks | From Arizona Pay Dirt, Feb. 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040270765 |
Arizona Paydirt. New Jersey Zinc, Orbex plan Joint Venture, Exploration for Silver. June 1983, P. 24A
Wilson, E.D., Geology and Mineral Deposits of Southern Yuma County, Arizona, Arizona Bureau of Mines, 1933, PP. 50-76
Arizona Paydirt. New Jersey Zinc Plans Major Silver Mine and Mill Near Yuma. February 1981
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 02-MAR-1984 | Dolzani, Roger | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
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