Senora Mine Group

The Senora Mine Group is a lead, silver, and fluorine-fluorite mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,319 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: Senora Mine Group
Secondary: Linda Group

Commodity

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

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: Arthur Haak
Years: 1933 -

Production

Not available

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, LENSES

Structure

Type: L
Description: Wavy Fault Zone

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Wall Rocks Silicified, Carbonatized, And Sericitized

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Hydrozincite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Barite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): SHAFTS & STOPES

Comment (Geology): COVERED BY SURFACE GRAVELS

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030325 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): DUPLICATE RECORD TC10303 HAS BEEN DELETED.

Comment (Deposit): MAIN VEIN STRIKES N20-40W, DIPS 50-70E ON THE 100 FT LEVEL, 3 OTHER VEINS STRIKE N30W & FOLLOW STEEPLY WESTWARD DIPPING FAULT ZONE. FLUORITE, CALCITE, BARITE, GALENA, AND WULFENITE ARE ASSOCIATED IN THESE VEINS WHERE METASEDIMENTS HAVE BEEN INTRUDED BY RHYOLITE AND DIORITE PORPHYRIES. VEINS SPLIT AND BRANCH, BUT ARE TRACEABLE FOR UP TO 4000 FT. FLUORITE ORE IS USUALLY < 5 FT THICK. VEINS LOCALLY CONTAIN 40-60% FLUORITE.

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

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IS FOR DISTRICT. ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL PRODUCERS OF THE DISTRICT FROM 1800'S TO RECENT YEARS. STOPE FILL & DUMPS REWORKED FOR PB, AG, & FLUORITE. PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN. GALENA IS SAID TO AVERAGE ABOUT 29 OZ/T AG.

Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE DE LUCE, HAACK, ESSENTIAL MINERALS LTD., CADWALLER, WALL, HOMESTAKE MINING CO.

References

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

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

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

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): MINERAL AVAILABILITY SYSTEM - ARIZONA FLUORSPAR: ARIZONA DMR, MARCH, 1976.

Reference (Deposit): VAN ALSTINE, R.E., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULL 180, USGS BULL 871, P. 354.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): MAS, 1976.

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