The Moro Mine Group is a copper mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,650 feet.
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
Elevation: 1,650 Feet (503 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 34.15056, -113.81667
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Moro Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Moro Mine Group
Secondary: Big Horn
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Clara District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1955
Time Period: 1900-1955
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3% Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Specularite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Workings): DEPOSIT DEVELOPED BY 2 ADITS AND AN INCLINED SHAFT
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ALONG LOW-ANGLE NORMAL FAULT BETWEEN MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC METAMORPHICS AND OVERLYING PALEOZOICS AND MIDTERT VOLCANICS AND SEDIMENTS
References
Reference (Production): (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978
Reference (Deposit): BANCROFT, HOWLAND; 1911; ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 451, P. 65
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 173
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