Mine detail: Draghi Prospect

Previously called 'Welton Hills Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.54815, -114.13549

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Silver, Gold
Ore: Chrysocolla, Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR, LENSING

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Gneiss
Associated type:Granite
Structure:A Prominent Fault Zone, Marked By A Maxium Of About Eight Feet Of Breccia And Gouge, Strikes N35w And Dips 10 To 40 Ne, And Contains An Irregular Quartz Vein

References

MRDSM002538
DEP10027223
Reference{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, P. 124.}{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 161.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterGere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.)