The Mable Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,411 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,411 Feet (430 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 33.03611, -114.16250
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Mable Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mable Mine
Secondary: Puckett Property
Secondary: Mabel Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yuma
District: Castle Dome 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.
Administrative Organization: Kofa Game Range
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Jones
Years: 1933 -
Production
Year: 1978
Time Period: 1880-1978
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^20% Pb, 8 Oz/T Ag, 0.2 Oz/T Au, 0.2% Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1925
Year Last Production: 1936
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: LENSES, POCKETS, IRREGULAR MASSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Faults Strike N-Nw, Dip Steeply , And Are Followed By Mineral-Bearing Veins
Type: L
Description: Minor Cross-Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): First Production Year: 1925 (FIRST REPORTED)
Comment (Deposit): SPOTTY POCKETS AND IRREGULAR MASSES OF PARTLY OXIDIZED ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA WITH MINOR BARITE IN GANGUE IN FISSURE VEINS.
Comment (Workings): 5 SHAFTS 324, 380, 60, 50, AND 49 FT DEEP, SOME WITH STOPING
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030324 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU UM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T. G. THEODORE, USGS. RECORD # M002611 BY W. GERE, UPDATED BY R.K. HALL AND S.C. CREASEY, HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964
Comment (Production): WORKED SPORADICALLY
Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE SMITH, J. A. MCCADDEN, DOOLEY B. JONES, PACIFIC LEAD CORP.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1933, ABM BULL 134.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1978, ABGMT BULL 192.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1951, ABM BULL 158.
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