Mable Mine

The Mable Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,411 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: Mable Mine
Secondary: Puckett Property
Secondary: Mabel Mine

Commodity

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

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 Game Range

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Jones
Years: 1933 -

Production

Year: 1978
Time Period: 1880-1978
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^20% Pb, 8 Oz/T Ag, 0.2 Oz/T Au, 0.2% Cu

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1925
Year Last Production: 1936
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, POCKETS, IRREGULAR MASSES

Structure

Type: R
Description: Faults Strike N-Nw, Dip Steeply , And Are Followed By Mineral-Bearing Veins

Type: L
Description: Minor Cross-Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor

Rocks

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Fluorite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): First Production Year: 1925 (FIRST REPORTED)

Comment (Deposit): SPOTTY POCKETS AND IRREGULAR MASSES OF PARTLY OXIDIZED ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA WITH MINOR BARITE IN GANGUE IN FISSURE VEINS.

Comment (Workings): 5 SHAFTS 324, 380, 60, 50, AND 49 FT DEEP, SOME WITH STOPING

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030324 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU UM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T. G. THEODORE, USGS. RECORD # M002611 BY W. GERE, UPDATED BY R.K. HALL AND S.C. CREASEY, HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

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

Comment (Production): WORKED SPORADICALLY

Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE SMITH, J. A. MCCADDEN, DOOLEY B. JONES, PACIFIC LEAD CORP.

References

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

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

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

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

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

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