Cleveland-Chicago Group

The Cleveland-Chicago Group is a silver and lead mine located in Yuma county, Arizona.

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

Name: Cleveland-Chicago Group  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yuma

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver, Lead

Lat, Long: 33.04583, -114.08056

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Cleveland-Chicago Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Cleveland-Chicago Group
Secondary: New Cleveland
Secondary: Big Jim Hope
Secondary: Ruby Nos. 1 & 2


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Molybdenum


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

Not available


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: LENSES


Structure

Type: L
Description: Fissure Dipping 80sw


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964

Comment (Production): STOPE FILLS & DUMPS REWORKED IN EARLY 1930'S, LATE 1940'S, AND 196 6-1967. PROPERTY PRACTICALLY IDLE FROM 1913-1930.

Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE HODGE, DE LUCE, HAACK, YOUNG, MAYHEW MINI NG CO, CASTLE DOME MINING CO, K & W MINING CO, CHILDRESS & WRIGHT

Comment (Workings): SHALLOW SHAFTS & STOPES

Comment (Geology): MOST OF THE OUTCROP CONCEALED BY GRAVEL.

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030318 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT


References

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1951, ABM BULL 158.

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1933, ABM BULL 134.

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


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