Adams Mine Group

The Adams Mine Group is a lead and silver mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,450 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: Adams Mine Group
Secondary: Dandy Boy Group
Secondary: Puzzler
Secondary: Silver Dollar

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Vanadium

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.
Administrative Organization: Kofa Game Range

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1952
Time Period: 1900-1952
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^49% Pb, 18 Oz Ag/Ton, Little Au, Cu.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: LINEAR, IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Brecciated Wall Rock; Fault Zone 7-8 Ft Wide Striki Ng S23e, Dipping 7one

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Iron Stained Gouge

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Calcite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Vanadinite

Comments

Comment (Development): 20 CLAIMS WERE HELD BY G.B. ADAMS IN 1933, OTHER OWNERS WERE STEPHENS, HUDSON.

Comment (Deposit): THE BEST ORE OCCURS WHERE THE FAULT ZONE CONTAINS THE REDDISH GOUGE. FLUORITE OCCURS IN GREENISH CRYSTALS TO 1 IN DIAMETER. VUGS CONTAIN IRREGULAR AND SPOTTY MASSES OF COARSELY CRYSTALLINE GALENA COATED WITH ANGLESITE, CERUSSITE, AND LEAD OXIDES, VANADINITE, AND WULFENITE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ON THESE CLAIMS INCLUDE FOUR SHAFTS, PUZZLER CLAIM HAS OVER 100 FT DRIFT IN VEIN ON 55 FT LEVEL, 230 FT DRIFTS ON 110 FT LEVEL AND 290 FT DRIFTS ON 175 FT LEVEL

References

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 117.

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

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 101 (9) KEITH, S.B., 1978.

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, P. 101.

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1951, ARIZONA LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 158, P. 113.

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