The Desert Mine is a copper and gold mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,601 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
Elevation: 1,601 Feet (488 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 33.76278, -113.72361
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Desert Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Desert Mine
Secondary: Golden Mound
Secondary: Gold Eagle
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Ellsworth District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1950
Time Period: 1900-1950
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.3 Oz Au/Ton, 2% Cu, 5 Oz Ag/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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, CONTORTED
Structure
Type: L
Description: Schistosity Of Metasediments
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 700 OR MORE TONS OF ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 0.3 OZ AU/TON, 2% CU AND 5 OZ AG/TON.
Materials
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SMALL SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS; A 300 FT ADIT WITH RAISE TO THE SURFACE.
Comment (Geology): SOME RHYOLITE AND PHONOLITE EXTRUSIVES AND APLITE AND BASIC DIKES.
Comment (Development): CONSISTED OF 3 PATENTED AND 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1942; MINE FIRST OPENED AROUND 1890; PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDE ALL STATE MINING, LA. APLINGTON, DESERT MINING CO, C.D. LESHER, HAZELDEL MINING CO., NAVAJO MINES CO., WINCHESTER (1911), VICKSBURG DEVELOPMENT CO., TROY
Comment (Deposit): WIDE ZONE OF QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINS AND STRINGERS, AND AMORPHOUS QUARTZ, CARRYING SPOTTY, HIGH-GRADE GOLD VALUES AND OXIDIZED COPPER.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD BEARING GRAVELS ARE FOUND IN GULCHES NEAR DESERT MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :01; 49
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 451, P. 102.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1355, P. 74.
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 192, P. 148.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION FILE DATA.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355, P. 74 (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978.
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