Mine detail: Silver Clip Mine

Previously called 'BlaineClip Mine'

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Location: La Paz County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.1359, -114.58551
dep_id: 10027231
mrds_id: M002561
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Silver
Minor mineral: Lead
Trace mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Copper, Barium-Barite, Vanadium, Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cerargyrite, Hematite, Malachite, Pyrolusite, Vanadinite
gangue: Calcite, Fluorite, Quartz
other_matl: Barite
orebody_fm: LINEAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Carbonatization, Silicification
ore_ctrl: The Clip Vein Occurs Within A Fault Zone That Strikes From N30e To N10w And Dips 60 Deg To 70 Deg W
Reporter: Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.), Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Dacite
Structure: The Beds, Which Generally Dip At Low Angles, Are Extensively Shattered In Several Directions. The Most Extensive Fissuring Trends N25e, With Steep Westward Dip, And Another Prominent System Strikes Northward, With Steep Eastward Dip. Many Faults Of Undetermined Throw Strike North-Northeast, North, And Northwest, With Westward Dips
References:
  • Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 56.
  • Deposit:: PARKER, F.Z., 1966, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER DISTRICT, TRIGO MOUNTAINS YUMA COUNTY ARIZONA: MASTERS THESIS SAN DIEGO STATE COLLEGE.
  • 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. 56
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