Mine detail: Cuba Mine

Previously called 'Cuba ProspectIndependence ClaimRooney'

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.29588, -112.78964
dep_id: 10027540
mrds_id: M003305
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silica
Minor mineral: Copper, Silver
Trace mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Torbernite, Uranophane
gangue: Quartz
work_type: Underground
alteration: Minor Sericite Along Vein Walls
conc_proc: Oxidation At Near Surface
ore_ctrl: Faulting, Shearing, Igneous Activity
Reporter: Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed)
hrock_type: Granite
Structure: Foliation In Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks Trends N10e To N25e; Granitic Rocks Unfoliated, Veins Trend Ne And Dip At Low Angles, Usually Less Than 40 Deg
Year first produced: 1933
References:
  • Deposit:: GRANGER, H. C. AND RAUP, R. B., 1962 , RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1147 - A, P. 46 .
  • Deposit:: U.S.B.M. CARD FILE
  • Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
  • Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
  • Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
  • Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: USBM CARD FILE
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