The Ramey Mine is a gold mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 850 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 850 Feet (259 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.09139, -113.62806
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Ramey Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ramey Mine
Secondary: Puzzles Area
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yuma
District: Tank Mountains District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Yuma Proving Ground
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ramey
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Vein Is Heavily Shattered, Apparently Has Been Cut By A Fault. Veinlets Of Ferruginous Calcite Traverse The Vein Along Parallel Fractures.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 500 DOLLARS WORTH OF GOLD WAS RECOVERED BY HORNING THE UPPER FEW FEET OF THE VEIN.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE QUARTZ IN THE VEIN IS WHITE AND IS HEAVILY STAINED IN PLACES BY YELLOWISH LIMONITIC MATERIAL. IN THE PUZZLES AREA, THE SCHISTS CONTAIN SEVERAL IRON-STAINED QUARTZ STRINGERS THAT, IN THE EARLY DAYS, YIELDED A FEW SMALL, RICH POCKETS OF GOLD ORE.
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE YUMA PROVING GROUND.
Comment (Workings): VEIN EXPOSED BY A SHALLOW SHAFT AND OPEN CUT
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, P. 126.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY NULLETIN 192, 185 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 126
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