Mine detail: La Colorado Mine

Previously called 'Lincoln MineCastle Dome Mine Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.00451, -114.16939

Resource(B)

Primary:	Lead
Secondary:	Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite, Molybdenum, Copper
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite
Orebody form:	LENSES, SPOTTY BUNCHES & POCKETS
Other material:	Fluorite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1901
Last production ended:	1949

Geology

Host type:	Shale,Limestone
Associated rock:	Kofa Volcanics
Associated type:	Diorite
Tectonic:	Block Faulting
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Sericitization

References

MRDS	M002610
DEP	10000274
Reference	{Deposit:: U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.}{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1951, ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS: ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, P. 114.}{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, P. 102.}{Deposit:: USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: USBM FILL DATA; CLUSTER #308; LA COLORADO GROUP.}{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 120.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: WILSON, 1951.}
Reporter	Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.), Orris, Greta J., Gere, W.