Mine detail: Yuma Mine

Previously called 'T & ALiberator'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.84034, -113.74967

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Silver, Lead
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Silver
Gangue:	Albite, Augite, Calcite, Epidote, Hornblende, Siderite
Orebody form:	LINEAR
Discovery year:	1865

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1942
Last production ended:	1963

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite,Mica Schist,Limestone
Associated type:	Granite
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Chloritization, Oxidation, Epidotization

References

MRDS	M003845
DEP	10027694
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 451, P. 95.}{Deposit:: ABGMT BULL 192, P.150.}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION FILE DATA.}{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:: STATE OF ARIZ. BUR. OF GEO. AND MIN. TECH. G.S. BULLETIN 192, P. 150.}
Reporter	Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.), Bolm, Karen S., Orris, Greta J.