The Mystery Hill Mine Group is a copper and lead mine located in La Paz county, Arizona.
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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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Mystery Hill Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mystery Hill Mine Group
Secondary: Clayton
Secondary: Diana May
Secondary: East Side
Secondary: Mildred
Secondary: Blue Bell
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Gypsum-Anhydrite
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
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification.
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Selenite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN THE BUCKSKIN MOUNTAINS.
References
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 4, 185 P
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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