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

MRDS	M002538
DEP	10027223
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}
Reporter	Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.)