The Old Yuma Mine is a lead and copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Old Yuma Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old Yuma Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Semiprecious Gemstone
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Amole District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Consolidated Mining And Milling
Home Office: Tucson, Az.
Years: 1986 -
Production
Year: 1947
Time Period: 1916-1947
Material type: PB CU ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4% Pb, 1% Cu, 0.6% Zn, 0.3% Mo, 1 Oz/T Ag, 0.1 Oz/T Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: LENSING
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faulted Orebody Along A Fracture Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE MINE ORE 2-3% WULFENITE
Analytical Data: $3/T AU
Materials
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Wulfenite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050625 WITH RECORD D000106 OF JAN WILT AND RICHARD P. FISCHER IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION SPORADIC; REPORTED 1916 TO BE SHIPPING ORE TO TUCSON, ORE CHIEFLY CONTAINING MO WITH ABOUT $3/T AU.
Comment (Development): 1984-1986: DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AND HEAP LEACH FACILITY.
Comment (Deposit): PARTLY OXIDIZED BASE METAL SULFIDES WITH WULFENITE AND VANADINITE IN A QUARTZ-SERICITE GANGUE FORM A STEEPLY DIPPING, LENSING, AND FAULTED ORE BODY. THE ORE BODY OCCURS ALONG A FRATURE ZONE CUTTING CRET ANDESITE AND ASSOCIATED WITH A LARAMIDE PORPHYRY INTRUSION.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT, EXPOSING UNDERGROUND STOPES; NUMEROUS SHAFTS, PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): JENKINS & WILSON, 1920, ABM BULL 106.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 102.
Reference (Deposit): NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.
Reference (Deposit): SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1974
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