The Jude Mine is a gold mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 226 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: 226 Feet (69 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 32.69639, -114.60750
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Jude Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jude Mine
Secondary: Silverfields
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yuma
District: Yuma District
Land Status
Land ownership: County
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1947
Time Period: 1900-1947
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.3 Oz Au/Ton, Minor Ag
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Salton Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: STRINGERS
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Gneiss Has Been Cut By Many Fractures And Minor Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): IN 1906 SEVERAL SACKS OF RICH GOLD ORE WAS SHIPPED. WORKED IN EARLY 1900'S, AND IN 1939-40, AND 1947.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL OLD SHAFTS, A FEW SHORT DRIFTS, AND SHALLOW SURFACE CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 221.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 181.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, S.B., 1978.
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