The Big Dome Prospect is a lead and zinc mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,401 feet.
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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
Elevation: 1,401 Feet (427 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 33.03194, -114.16861
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Big Dome Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Dome Prospect
Secondary: Big Dome
Secondary: Senora
Secondary: Promontorio Group
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yuma
District: Castle Dome 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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: LINEAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shafts And Adit In Shale Near A Diorite Porphyry Contact
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON KOFA GAME RANGE.
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ON THIS CLAIM INCLUDE FOUR OLD SHAFTS AND AN ADIT.
Comment (Geology): VISIBLE ROCKS CONSIST OF STEEPLY WESTWARD-DIPPING SHALE CUT BY LARGE DIKES OF DIORITE PORPHYRY
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D.; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134 P. 96
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D.; 1951; ARIZONA LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS: ARIZONA B.M. BULLETIN 158, P. 110
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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