Desert Mine

The Desert Mine is a copper and gold mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,601 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

Name: Desert Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  La Paz

Elevation: 1,601 Feet (488 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Gold

Lat, Long: 33.76278, -113.72361

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Desert Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Desert Mine
Secondary: Golden Mound
Secondary: Gold Eagle


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Iron


Location

State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Ellsworth District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1950
Time Period: 1900-1950
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.3 Oz Au/Ton, 2% Cu, 5 Oz Ag/Ton


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, CONTORTED


Structure

Type: L
Description: Schistosity Of Metasediments


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 700 OR MORE TONS OF ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 0.3 OZ AU/TON, 2% CU AND 5 OZ AG/TON.


Materials

Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SMALL SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS; A 300 FT ADIT WITH RAISE TO THE SURFACE.

Comment (Geology): SOME RHYOLITE AND PHONOLITE EXTRUSIVES AND APLITE AND BASIC DIKES.

Comment (Development): CONSISTED OF 3 PATENTED AND 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1942; MINE FIRST OPENED AROUND 1890; PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDE ALL STATE MINING, LA. APLINGTON, DESERT MINING CO, C.D. LESHER, HAZELDEL MINING CO., NAVAJO MINES CO., WINCHESTER (1911), VICKSBURG DEVELOPMENT CO., TROY

Comment (Deposit): WIDE ZONE OF QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINS AND STRINGERS, AND AMORPHOUS QUARTZ, CARRYING SPOTTY, HIGH-GRADE GOLD VALUES AND OXIDIZED COPPER.

Comment (Deposit): GOLD BEARING GRAVELS ARE FOUND IN GULCHES NEAR DESERT MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :01; 49


References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 451, P. 102.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1355, P. 74.

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 192, P. 148.

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION FILE DATA.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355, P. 74 (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978.


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