Silver Glance Prospect

The Silver Glance Prospect is a lead mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 850 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: Silver Glance Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Silver District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

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: A Broad, Brecciated Fault Zone, Slightly Offset By Several Transverse Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Iron

Comments

Comment (Production): MAY HAVE PRODUCED SOME SILVER ORE IN EARLY DAYS; NO DETAILS OF ITS PRODUCTION IS KNOWN

Comment (Workings): TUNNEL

References

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D.; 1933; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 68

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1978, ABGMT BULL 192

Reference (Deposit): PARKER, 1966, SAN DIEGO STATE COLLEGE MS THESIS

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILE DATA

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