The Sterling No. 1 Claim is a barium-barite mine located in La Paz county, Arizona.
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Sterling No. 1 Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sterling No. 1 Claim
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
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
Deposit Size: S
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: Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN THE HARCUVAR MOUNTAINS.
Comment (Workings): EXPLORATION SHAFT, ADIT, AND PITS
Comment (Deposit): BARITE VEIN WITH CU OXIDES AND QUARTZ IN FAULTED QUARTZ DIORITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 5651, PP. 81-82.
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.
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