Sonora Mine

The Sonora Mine is a silver, lead, and fluorine-fluorite mine located in Yuma county, Arizona.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Sonora Mine

State:  Arizona

County:  Yuma

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite

Lat, Long: 33.0375, -114.17361

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Sonora Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Sonora Mine
Secondary: Linda Group


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Barium-Barite


Location

State: Arizona
County: Yuma


Land Status

Administrative Organization: Kofa National Wildlife Refuge


Holdings

Not available


Workings

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Ownership

Not available


Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Barite
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Not available


References

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P


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