Mine detail: Little Dome Mine

Previously called 'Linda ExtensionCastle Dome Mine GroupDe LuceHaackWall'

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Location: Yuma County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.03257, -114.16995
dep_id: 10046347
mrds_id: M241394
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver
Minor mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
Trace mineral: Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite
gangue: Barite, Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: STRINGERS AND IRREGULAR MASSES
work_type: Underground
alteration: Galena Altered To Dark Anglesite, White Cerussite, And Yellow Oxides
conc_proc: Supergene Enrichment
ore_ctrl: Vein In Shear Zone; Best Ore Occurs Where Oblique Cross Fractures Intersect The Fault Zone
Reporter: Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.), Peterson, Jocelyn A., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Shale
arock_unit: Kofa Volcanics
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Faults Strike N-Nw, Dip Steeply, And Are Followed By Mineral-Bearing Veins, Minor Cross-Faults
tectonic: Block Faulting
References:
  • Deposit:: ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 192, P. 120.
  • Deposit:: ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 158, P. 110.
  • Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1960, ABM MAP; GEOLOGIC MAP OF YUMA COUNTY. ARIZONA; (1:37500).
  • Deposit:: USBM FILE DATA; CLUSTER #343; LITTLE DOME MINE.
  • Deposit:: WILSON, 1933, ABM BULL 134.
  • Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: WILSON, 1933, P. 98.
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