Yellow Breast Prospect

The Yellow Breast Prospect is a lead mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,348 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: Yellow Breast Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Arizona
County: Yuma
District: Gila Bend Mountains 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 BUNCHES

Structure

Type: L
Description: A Fault Zone That Strikes And Dips With The Schist Contains A Vein, About Five Feet Wide, Of Brecciated, Iron-Stained, Dull-Brown Quartz

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: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite

Comments

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Comment (Deposit): GREEN FLUORITE, GALENA, AND WULFENITE IN QUARTZ VEIN IN SCHIST.

Comment (Workings): TWO VERTICAL SHAFTS

Comment (Geology): GRAVEL MANTLED PEDIMENT

References

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

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1978, ABGMT BULL 192

Reference (Deposit): EBERLY & STANLEY, 1978, GSA BULL V. 89 P. 921-940

Reference (Deposit): ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1971, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, MINERAL REPORT NO. 2, ARIZONA DMR.

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FILES, 1990 (PEIRCE).

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

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