The C & B Vanadium Mine is a vanadium mine located in Gila 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
Elevation:
Primary Mineral: Vanadium
Lat, Long: 33.13278, -110.83250
C & B Vanadium Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: C & B Vanadium MineSecondary: C & B Group Mine
Secondary: Vanadium Mine
Commodity
Primary: VanadiumSecondary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Bismuth
Location
State: ArizonaCounty: Gila
District: Dripping Springs District
Land Status
Land ownership: StateHoldings
Workings
Type: Surface/UndergroundOwnership
Owner Name: E. E. Cutler And C. Bywater
Years: 1952 -
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
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane PlateausPhysiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Orebody
Form: LINEARStructure
Type: L
Description: N 10-35 W Striking, E Dipping Fracture Zones
Description: N 10-35 W Striking, E Dipping Fracture Zones
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Some Silicification, Vein Matter Well Oxidized
Alteration Text: Some Silicification, Vein Matter Well Oxidized
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diabase
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
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
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Reference: TREBISKY & KEITH, 1975, MINERALOGICAL RECORD.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: ROSS, 1925, USGS BULL 771.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: CORNWALL & KRIEGER, 1978, USGS MAP GQ-1442.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: USGS MAP MR-22, P. 3.
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