The Dives Mine is a silver mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 899 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: 899 Feet (274 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 33.11611, -114.58583
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Dives Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dives Mine
Secondary: Saxon
Secondary: Padre Kino
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Strontium
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Silver 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: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1920
Time Period: 1919-1920
Description: Cp_Grade: ^48% Pb, 67 Oz Ag/Ton
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: VUGS & IRREGULAR MASSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: A Fault Zone Seperates Andesitic And Rhyolitic Lavas, Breccias, And Tuffs On The West From Schist And Granite On The East. The Main Fault Strikes N20w And Dips 60 Sw, Is Joined Near The Center Of The Claim By A Branch Fault That Strikes N10w. These Faults Contain Veins Of Similar Character, But The Main One Is Wider, Longer, And More Strongly Mineralized
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Cerussite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Celestite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A VERTICAL SHAFT, CROSSCUT, SEVERAL PITS, AND SHORT TUNNELS. ALL OF THE ORE MINED WAS FROM SHALLOW SURFACE CUTS
Comment (Production): TWO CAR LOADS OF HIGH-GRADE SILVER ORE BEFORE 1930
References
Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 62; KEITH, S.B., 1978.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 178.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 3, 185 P.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D.; 1933; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 62.
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