Flora Temple Claim

The Flora Temple Claim is a lead, silver, fluorine-fluorite, and copper mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,329 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

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Site Name

Primary: Flora Temple Claim
Secondary: Flora Temple Extension
Secondary: Part of Castle Dome Mine Group

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Arizona
County: Yuma
District: Castle Dome District

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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.
Administrative Organization: Kofa Wildlife Refuge

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Mrs. Eliza Deluce
Years: 1951 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1871
Year Last Production: 1949
Discovery Year: 1871
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: LENSES & SHOOTS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Well Defined Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization, Silicification, Locally Iron-Stained

Rocks

Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ABOUT 58,738 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 4% PB, 0.1% CU, AND 1.3 OZ/T AG.

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Mimetite
Ore: Hydrozincite
Ore: Vanadinite
Gangue: Aragonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Geology): RHYOLITE IS IN HANGING WALL, SLATE IN THE FOOTWALL.

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964), 01

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030315 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Production): LARGELY MINED OUT BY 1880. STOPE FILL & DUMPS LATER WORKED FOR PB, AG, FLUORSPAR. ONE OF MAJOR PRODUCING MINES IN EARLY DAYS BUT TOTAL OUTPUT UNKNOWN.

Comment (Development): SECOND PATENTED CLAIM IN ARIZONA (1871). AS PERMITTED BY THE MINING LAWS OF THE TIME, IT IS 2000 FT LONG BY 200 FT WIDE.

Comment (Deposit): A VERTICAL VEIN STRIKING MORE NW BRANCHES FROM MAIN VEIN NEAR SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF CLAIM.

Comment (Workings): 11 SHAFTS

References

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

Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE DATA CLUSTER 343, FLORA TEMPLE

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

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

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1933, ABM BULL 134.

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1951, ABM BULL 158.

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