Red Cloud Mine

The Red Cloud Mine is a silver and lead mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 751 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

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Site Name

Primary: Red Cloud Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Semiprecious Gemstone
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Barium-Barite

Location

State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Silver District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: 1889
Time Period: 1880-1889
Description: Cp_Grade: ^18 Oz Ag/Ton, 5.5 % Pb, Minor Ag

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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 MASSES, VUG LININGS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults And Fractures Trending In Several Directions Have Extensively Affected All Of The Formations. The Most Prominent Faults Strike North-Northwest And, In Places, Form The Contracts Between Granite And Lavas

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Wall Rocks Silicified, Sericitized, & Carbonatized

Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AVERAGE GRADE 6 % PB, 10 OZ AG/TON

Materials

Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Willemite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Iron

Comments

Comment (Geology): ONE OF THE BEST WULFENITE LOCALITIES IN THE WORLD.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORDS D000099 OF R.P. FISCHER AND D003061 OF J.W. HASLER WHICH HAVE BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. SURFACE COLLECTING IS OCCASIONALLY ALLOWED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Commodity): A WORLD FAMOUS WULFENITE COLLECTING SITE. THE WULFENITE IS A DEEP RED AND OCCURS IN STOUT, TABULAR CRYSTALS.

Comment (Location): S CENTRAL SECTION 2. PROPERTY IS PATENTED.

Comment (Production): SOME PB, ZN, AG RECOVERED FROM DUMPS IN 1949.

Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE RED CLOUD MINING CO, HORTON & KNAPP, HUBBARD & BOWERS, RED CLOUD CONSOLIDATED MINES CO, HANNA, PENN METALS INC, RED CLOUD MINING & MILLING CO, RILEY & HOLMES. SURVEYED FOR PATENT IN 1885 FOR HORTON & KNAPP

Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR VEIN FAULT. WULFENITE CRYSTALS OCCUR IN SMALL TO MID-SIZE POCKETS.

Comment (Workings): IRREGULAR SHAFTS, DRIFTS, AND STOPES

References

Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104; A.B.M. BULLETIN 158, P. 90, ABM BULLETIN 192, P. 177; DMEA RECORDS.

Reference (Deposit): ELSING, M.J., HEINEMAN, R.E.S., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104.

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, ED., 1951, ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 158, P. 90.

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 65.

Reference (Deposit): PARKER, F.Z., 1966, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER DISTRICT, TRIGO MOUNTAINS, YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: MASTER THESIS SAN DIEGO STATE COLLEGE, P. 118-126.

Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILE.

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reference (Deposit): BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS, 165 P.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

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