Mine detail: Yuma Mine

Previously called 'T & ALiberator'

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Location: La Paz County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.84034, -113.74967
dep_id: 10027694
mrds_id: M003845
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Gold, Silver, Lead
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Silver
gangue: Albite, Augite, Calcite, Epidote, Hornblende, Siderite
orebody_fm: LINEAR
alteration: Chloritization, Oxidation, Epidotization
ore_ctrl: Fracturing, Contact Metamorphism
Reporter: Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.), Bolm, Karen S., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Quartzite,Mica Schist,Limestone
arock_type: Granite
tectonic: Basin And Range
Year first produced: 1942
yr_lst_prd: 1963
disc_yr: 1865
References:
  • 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.
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