Mine detail: Dives Mine

Previously called 'SaxonPadre Kino'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.11618, -114.58662

Resource(B)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc, Manganese, Strontium, Barium-Barite, Iron
Ore:	Cerussite, Hematite, Pyrolusite, Smithsonite
Gangue:	Barite, Celestite
Orebody form:	VUGS & IRREGULAR MASSES

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Schist
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	A Fault Zone Seperates Andesitic And Rhyolitic Lavas, Breccias, And Tuffs On The West From Schist And Granite On The East. The Main Fault Strikes N20w And Dips 60 Sw, Is Joined Near The Center Of The Claim By A Branch Fault That Strikes N10w. These Faults Contain Veins Of Similar Character, But The Main One Is Wider, Longer, And More Strongly Mineralized

References

MRDS	M002440
DEP	10027195
Reference	{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D.; 1933; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 62.}{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 178.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 3, 185 P.}{Production:: A.B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 62; KEITH, S.B., 1978.}
Reporter	Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.), Orris, Greta J.