The Little Dome Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,401 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: 1,401 Feet (427 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 33.0325, -114.16917
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Little Dome Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Dome Mine
Secondary: Linda Extension
Secondary: Castle Dome Mine Group
Secondary: De Luce
Secondary: Haack
Secondary: Wall
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Molybdenum
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: STRINGERS AND IRREGULAR MASSES
Form: STRINGERS AND 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: Galena Altered To Dark Anglesite, White Cerussite, And Yellow Oxides
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GALENA CONTAINS 28 TO 30 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: CARBONATES CONTAIN 4 TO 6 OZ/TON
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FROM OLD STOPE FILL.
Comment (Development): WORKED INTERMITTENTLY IN THE 1800'S AND RICH STOPE FILL AND DUMPS REWORKED IN 1930'S AND POSSIBLY LATER (KEITH, 1978); ADJOINING THE SENORA ON THE NORTHEAST.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN OCCURS ALONG A FAULT ZONE CUTTING SHALE AND LARGE DIORITE PORPHYRY DIKES; VEIN SPLAYS OUT TO THE N AND THE S.
Comment (Workings): STOPES FROM 4 TO 7 FT WIDE FOLLOW THE VEIN FOR ABOUT 125 FT AND TO A DEPTH OF 20 TO 60 FT.
Comment (Geology): FAULT ZONE CUTS THE SHALE AND DIORITE PORPHYRY DIKE. BOTH SHALE AND DIORITE PORPHYRY ARE CUT BY SMALL QUARTZ PORPHYRY DIKES. SURFACE IS COVERED BY A THIN VENEER OF GRAVEL.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD M030341 OF JOCELYN PETERSON AND JAN WILT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1933, ABM BULL 134.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): WILSON, 1933, P. 98.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 192, P. 120.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 158, P. 110.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1960, ABM MAP; GEOLOGIC MAP OF YUMA COUNTY. ARIZONA; (1:37500).
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE DATA; CLUSTER #343; LITTLE DOME MINE.
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