The Sonora Mine is a silver, lead, and fluorine-fluorite 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
Elevation:
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 33.0375, -114.17361
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Sonora Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sonora Mine
Secondary: Linda Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yuma
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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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