Mystery Hill Mine Group

The Mystery Hill Mine Group is a copper and lead mine located in La Paz 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: Mystery Hill Mine Group  

State:  Arizona

County:  La Paz

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper, Lead

Lat, Long: 34.20833, -113.63556

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Mystery Hill Mine Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mystery Hill Mine Group
Secondary: Clayton
Secondary: Diana May
Secondary: East Side
Secondary: Mildred
Secondary: Blue Bell


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Gypsum-Anhydrite


Location

State: Arizona
County: La Paz


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification.


Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Selenite


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED IN THE BUCKSKIN MOUNTAINS.


References

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

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI


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