The Yellow Breast Prospect is a lead mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,348 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: 1,348 Feet (411 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 33.25361, -113.37917
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Yellow Breast Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Breast Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yuma
District: Gila Bend Mountains 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: 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: IRREGULAR BUNCHES
Structure
Type: L
Description: A Fault Zone That Strikes And Dips With The Schist Contains A Vein, About Five Feet Wide, Of Brecciated, Iron-Stained, Dull-Brown Quartz
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD
Comment (Deposit): GREEN FLUORITE, GALENA, AND WULFENITE IN QUARTZ VEIN IN SCHIST.
Comment (Workings): TWO VERTICAL SHAFTS
Comment (Geology): GRAVEL MANTLED PEDIMENT
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D.; 1933; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1978, ABGMT BULL 192
Reference (Deposit): EBERLY & STANLEY, 1978, GSA BULL V. 89 P. 921-940
Reference (Deposit): ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1971, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, MINERAL REPORT NO. 2, ARIZONA DMR.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FILES, 1990 (PEIRCE).
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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