The Strong Claims is a silver and lead mine located in Yuma county, Arizona.
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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
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Strong Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Strong Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Calcium
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
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 National Wildlife Refuge
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Production): ROUGH ESTIMATES FOR TOTAL AMOUNT MINED FOR ENTIRE CASTLE DOME DISTRICT (SEVEN MINE SITES). ANY FLUORSPAR PRODUCTION IS A BY-PRODUCT OF LEAD MINING.
Comment (Deposit): GREEN, PURPLE, AND ROSE-COLORED FLUORITE ASSOCIATED WITH CALCITE, BARITE, GALENA, AND WULFENITE OCCURS IN VEINS WHERE MESOZOIC SHALE, IMPURE LIMESTONE, SILTSTONE, AND SCHIST HAVE BEEN INTRUDED BY RHYOLITE PORPHYRY AND DIORITE PORPHYRY. MAIN HOST ROCK IS CRETACEOUS SHALE. VEINS SPLIT AND BRANCH BUT ARE TRACEABLE FOR 4000 FT. FLUORITE ORE USUALLY LESS THAN 5 FT THICK. VEINS LOCALLY CONTAIN 40-60% FLUORITE.
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.
Reference (Deposit): VAN ALSTINE, R.E., 1969, "FLUORSPAR", IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 354.
Reference (Deposit): "MINERAL AVAILABILITY SYSTEMS: ARIZONA FLUORSPAR", ARIZONA DMR, MARCH 1976.
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