The Red Cross Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 650 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 650 Feet (198 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 32.67444, -113.69083
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Red Cross Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Cross Mine
Secondary: Norton
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yuma
District: Mohawk District
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 60 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 300 OZ AG/TON, 8% PB AND MINOR CU AND AU.
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCED ONE CAR OF SILVER ORE WORTH 10,000 DOLLARS. IN 1913, IT YIELDED A SMALL TONNAGE OF SULPHIDE LEAD ORE AND SILICEOUS SILVER ORE.
Comment (Deposit): SPOTTY, HIGH-GRADE, ARGENTIFEROUS LEAD MINERALIZATION WITH VEINLETS OF OXIDIZED COPPER AND CALCITE IN A LENSING QUARTZ VEIN.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF FIVE OR SIX SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SEVERAL SURFACE CUTS
Comment (Geology): STRONG SERICITIZATION AND SILICIFICATION OF WALL ROCK.
Comment (Development): WORKED SPORADICALLY FROM ABOUT 1910 TO 1941.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E. D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134 , P. 152 .
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 192, P. 163.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULL. 134 , P. 152 .
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