The Silver Clip Mine is a silver mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,099 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,099 Feet (335 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 33.13583, -114.58472
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Silver Clip Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Clip Mine
Secondary: Blaine
Secondary: Clip Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Silver District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Underground
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: LINEAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Beds, Which Generally Dip At Low Angles, Are Extensively Shattered In Several Directions. The Most Extensive Fissuring Trends N25e, With Steep Westward Dip, And Another Prominent System Strikes Northward, With Steep Eastward Dip. Many Faults Of Undetermined Throw Strike North-Northeast, North, And Northwest, With Westward Dips
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Carbonatization, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 20 TO 140 OZS. AG/TON
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Barite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): AT THE 120 FT LEVEL ORE SHOOTS TERMINATE OR PINCHOUT. TRANSVERSE FAULTS INCREASED ORE VALUES. MINERALIZATION IS ALONG A FUALT ZONE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE 5 LEVELS OF DRIFTS AT APPROXIMATELY FORTY-FOOT INTERVALS
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000096 OF FISCHER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 56.
Reference (Deposit): PARKER, F.Z., 1966, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER DISTRICT, TRIGO MOUNTAINS YUMA COUNTY ARIZONA: MASTERS THESIS SAN DIEGO STATE COLLEGE.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 3, 185 P.
Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 56
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