C & B Vanadium Mine

The C & B Vanadium Mine is a vanadium mine located in Gila county, Arizona.

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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: C & B Vanadium Mine

State: Arizona

County: Gila

Elevation:

Primary Mineral: Vanadium

Lat, Long: 33.13278, -110.83250

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C & B Vanadium Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: C & B Vanadium Mine
Secondary: C & B Group Mine
Secondary: Vanadium Mine

Commodity

Primary: Vanadium
Secondary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Bismuth

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Dripping Springs District

Land Status

Land ownership: State

Holdings

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: E. E. Cutler And C. Bywater
Years: 1952 -

Production

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: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Orebody

Form: LINEAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: N 10-35 W Striking, E Dipping Fracture Zones

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Some Silicification, Vein Matter Well Oxidized

Rocks

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

Name: Diabase
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 3 CHANNEL SAMPLES AVERAGED 0.33 OZ/T AG, 1.92% V, 6.2% PB. ONE SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.17% V AND TRACES OF AG & PB.

Materials

Ore: Anglesite

Ore: Vanadinite

Ore: Wulfenite

Ore: Galena

Ore: Descloizite

Ore: Mimetite

Gangue: Calcite

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment Type: Workings	Comment: DEPTH REFERS TO 20 FT ADIT EXISTING IN 1925. DURING SUBSEQUENT WORK A NUMBER OF ADITS AND ONE SEVERAL HUNDRED FT SHAFT WERE DUG.
Comment Type: Production	Comment: A LITTLE ORE HAS BEEN MINED AND SOME IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN SHIPPED DURING WWI.
Comment Type: Geology	Comment: PARAGENETIC SEQUENCE IS VANADINITE, MIMETITE, DESCLOIZITE, CALCITE. VANADINITE & WULFENITE ARE PRESENT IN SOFT MATERIAL AND AS COATINGS ON BRECCIATED DIABASE FOR WIDTHS OF A FEW FEET. CAVITIES LEFT BY OXIDIZED GALENA CRYSTALS ALSO CONTAIN VANADINITE
Comment Type: Deposit	Comment: THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORDS M000497 AND M800246 WITH RECORD M030438 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS.
Comment Type: Location	Comment: LAND STATUS INFO FROM 1979.

References

Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: TREBISKY & KEITH, 1975, MINERALOGICAL RECORD.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: ROSS, 1925, USGS BULL 771.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: CORNWALL & KRIEGER, 1978, USGS MAP GQ-1442.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: USGS MAP MR-22, P. 3.