Mine detail: Silver Clip Mine

Previously called 'BlaineClip Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.1359, -114.58551

Resource(B)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Copper, Barium-Barite, Vanadium, Manganese
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Hematite, Malachite, Pyrolusite, Vanadinite
Gangue:	Calcite, Fluorite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LINEAR
Other material:	Barite

Production

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

Geology

Host 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
Alteration processes:	Carbonatization, Silicification

References

MRDS	M002561
DEP	10027231
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.), Orris, Greta J.