| Lat / long: | 32.55176, -114.3305 |
| Primary: | Gold, Silver |
| Secondary: | Copper, Iron |
| Ore: | Gold, Hematite, Limonite, Malachite, Silver |
| Gangue: | Garnet, Quartz, Specularite |
| Orebody form: | LINEAR |
| Discovery year: | 1895 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1896 |
| Last production ended: | 1941 |
| Host type: | Schist,Gneiss |
| Associated type: | Amphibolite,Pegmatite,Granite |
| Tectonic: | Basin And Range |
| Alteration processes: | The Wall-Rock Alteration Accompanying La Fortuna Vein Consists Mainly Of Carbonatization And Silicification. Such Alteration Together With The Structure, Texture, And Mineralogy Of The Vein, Point To Deposition In The Lower Portion Of The Mesothermal Zone. |
| MRDS | M002626 |
| DEP | 10027250 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ELSING, M.J., HEINEMAN, R.E.S., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104.}{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134 P. 189}{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., CUNNINGHAM, J.B., BUTLER, G.M., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 158.}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: A.B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 198; A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104. (13) KEITH, S.B., 1979} |
| Reporter | Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.), Orris, Greta J. |