The Donaldson Prospect is a copper mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 627 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 627 Feet (191 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.56778, -114.08194
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Donaldson Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Donaldson Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yuma
District: La Posa 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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Here, The Gneiss, Which Is Rather Sheared And Schistose, Dips General Eastward
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION IN QUARTZ VEINS NEAR APLITIC DIKES; MINERALIZATION IN PREC GNEISS THAT WAS REMETAMORPHOSED IN THE MESOZOIC.
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD
Comment (Workings): PROPERTY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL SHORT TUNNELS
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, P. 175
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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