Mine detail: Rio Vista Mine

Previously called 'NorthsideQuartz King'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.17754, -114.20051

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Hematite, Malachite, Specularite
Gangue:	Limonite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, LENTICULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite
Associated type:	Basalt
Structure:	Nw-Trending Basin And Range Faults.
Tectonic:	Block Faulting

References

MRDS	M004250
DEP	10102571
Reference	{Deposit:: ABM BULL 137, P. 127}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 451, P. 73}{Deposit:: ABGMT BULL 192, P. 142}{Deposit:: WILKINS, J. AND HEIDRICK, T. L., 1982, BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION RELATED TO LOW-ANGLE TECTONIC FEATURES IN THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND BUCKSKIN MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA. IN: MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE COLORADO RIVER REGION, CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND NEVADA; CORDILLERAN PUBLISHER; P. 182.}{Production:: A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 127}
Reporter	Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.)