Colorada Group

The Colorada Group is a lead and silver mine located in Yuma county, Arizona.

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

Name: Colorada Group  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yuma

Elevation:

Commodity: Lead, Silver

Lat, Long: 33.00278, -114.16583

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Colorada Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Colorada Group
Secondary: Colorado Group
Secondary: Lincoln
Secondary: La Colorado
Secondary: Modesti Property


Commodity

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


Location

State: Arizona
County: Yuma
District: Castle Dome District


Land Status

Administrative Organization: Kofa National Wildlife Refuge


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite


Comments

Comment (Production): ROUGH ESTIMATE FOR TOTAL PRODUCTION OF ENTIRE CASTLE DOME DISTRICT (SEVEN MINE SITES). FLUORSPAR PRODUCTION IS PROBABLY A BY-PRODUCT OF LEAD MINING.

Comment (Deposit): GREEN, PURPLE, AND ROSE-COLORED FLUORITE ASSOCIATED WITH CALCITE, BARITE, GALENA, AND WULFENITE OCCURS IN VEINS WHERE MESOZOIC SHALE, IMPURE LIMESTONE, SILTSTONE, AND SCHIST HAVE BEEN INTRUDED BY RHYOLITE PORPHYRY AND DIORITE PORPHYRY. MAIN HOST ROCK IS CRETACEOUS SHALE. VEINS SPLIT AND BRANCH BUT ARE TRACEABLE FOR 4000 FT. FLUORITE ORE USUALLY LESS THAN 5 FT THICK. VEINS LOCALLY CONTAIN 40-60 PERCENT FLUORITE.


References

Reference (Deposit): "MINERAL AVAILABILITY SYSTEMS: ARIZONA FLUORSPAR", ARIZONA DMR, MARCH 1976.

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

Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

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

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI


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