The Blue Slate Mine is a gold mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 951 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: 951 Feet (290 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.965, -114.06889
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Blue Slate Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Slate Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Northern Plomosa 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1932
Time Period: 1900-1932
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3% Cu, 1 Oz Au/Ton, Traces Ag
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: LINEAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Workings): THE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED BY TWO SHAFTS, 150 FT AND 60 FT DEEP, WITH VERY LITTLE DRIFTING. MOST OF THE ORE MINED WAS FROM SURFACE CUTS ON THE VEIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D.; CUNNINGHAM, J.B.; BUTLER, G.M.; 1934; ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 135
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1978, AZ. BU. MINES BULL. 192.
Reference (Production): (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978.
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