Geronimo Prospect

The Geronimo Prospect 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: Geronimo Prospect
Secondary: Geronimo North and South Mines

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Copper

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: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR LENSING

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 8 OZS. OF AG/TON
Analytical Data: 6% PB

Materials

Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Iron
Ore: Silver
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Cerussite

Comments

Comment (Production): MAY HAVE BEEN MINED IN 1880'S

Comment (Deposit): RECORD # D000097 BY RICHARD P. FISCHER HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): E CENTRAL AND SE 1/4 SECTION 34.

Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR LENSING VEINS ALONG FAULTS.

Comment (Workings): THE SOUTH GERONIMO CLAIM IS DEVELOPED BY A SINGLE SHAFT. THE NORTH GERONIMO CLAIM IS DEVELOPED BY A SHAFT AND TWO SHORT ADITS

References

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 64.

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERITIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 192, P. 176.

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

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