Chloride-Mandarin-Cash Entry Prospects

The Chloride-Mandarin-Cash Entry Prospects is a lead and barium-barite mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 801 feet.

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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Site Name

Primary: Chloride-Mandarin-Cash Entry Prospects

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Silver District

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Yuma Proving Ground

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Neal Mining Co.
Years: 1933 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: These Rocks Have Been Extensively Faulted And Fractured. The Major Faults, Strike Northward And Northwestward, Minor Faults Strike In Other Directions. The Principal Joining In The Granite Strikes S70w And Dips Steeply Southeast

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hanging Wall Chloritized For Several Feet

Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Barite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Workings): PROPERTY HAS BEEN PROSPECTED BY SEVERAL SHALLOW WORKINGS AND A SHORT TUNNEL

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC39714 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): CHLORIDE NO 1 CLAIM CONTAINS A 3-5 FT THICK VEIN IN N10W TRENDING, 60-70SW DIPPING FAULT. MANDARIN CLAIM CONTAINS A NARROW FLUORITE-BARITE-CALCITE VEIN IN A NW TRENDING FAULT ZONE. CASH ENTRY CLAIM CONTAINS VEINLETS OF MN-CALCITE, FLUORITE, AND VANADINITE. THE VEINS ARE BANDED AND UP TO 1/4 INCH WIDE WITH FINELY CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ AND FLUORITE CUT BY BLADED CRYSTALS OF BARITE AND VEINLETS OF CALCITE.

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD

References

Reference (Deposit): PARKER, F.Z., 1966, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER DISTRICT TRIGO MOUNTAINS YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: MASTERS THESIS SAN DIEGO STATE COLLEGE.

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 60.

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

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

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