Mine detail: Amelia Mine

Previously called 'GalloRevelation'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.12924, -114.58523

Resource(B)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Barium-Barite
Tertiary:	Zinc, Strontium, Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Barite, Cerussite, Hematite
Gangue:	Calcite, Celestite, Fluorite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL, STRINGERS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Schist
Associated type:	Dacite
Structure:	Normal Faulting. Several Directions Of Rather Extensive Fracturing Has Occurred. Differential Erosion Acting Along These Fractures Has Carved Out Numerous Caves, Niches, And Windows.
Alteration processes:	Chloritization, Carbonatization, Silicification

References

MRDS	M002434
DEP	10027194
Reference	{Deposit:: PARKER, F.Z.; 1966; THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER DISTRICT TRIGO MOUNTAINS YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: MASTER THESIS SAN DIEGO STATE COLLEGE.}{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D.; 1933; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 59 & 60.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Production:: A.B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 59}
Reporter	Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.), Orris, Greta J.