The Red Chief Deposit is a barium-barite mine located in La Paz 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
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Red Chief Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Chief Deposit
Secondary: Redchief
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Plomosa Mining District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Model Name: Disseminated Sb
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fissures In A Narrow Fracture Zone.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Jasper
Comments
Comment (Location): POINT GIVEN IS A CENTRAL LOCATION. RANGE COVERS APPROXIMATELY 33-48-39 TO 33-50-01N AND 114-03-21 TO 114-04-20W.
Comment (Deposit): PARALLEL BARITE VEINS WITH QUARTZ AND CU OXIDES AND MN OXIDES IN THE FISSURES OF A NARROW FRACTURE ZONE IN TERTIARY OR CRETACEOUS VOLCANIC AGGLOMERATE. THERE ARE 2-4 PARALLEL VEINS.
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS AND CUTS. NO PRODUCTION REPORTED.
References
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 5651, P. 74-77.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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