Mine detail: Rialto Group

Previously called 'Castle Dome Mine GroupHull Mine Group, Chief of Dome, Diana, Hull & Surprise Claims,Douglas, Railroad, Pocahontas'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.06035, -114.17856

Resource(B)

Primary:	Lead, Copper, Silver
Secondary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Vanadium, Barium-Barite
Ore:	Fluorite, Mimetite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR MASES, LENSES

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Kofa Volcanics
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Block Faulting
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Strong Sericitization, Also Silicification, Chloritization

References

MRDS	M030326
DEP	10103550
Reference	{Deposit:: KEITH, 1978, ABGMT BULL 192.}{Deposit:: WILSON, 1933, ABM BULL 134.}{Deposit:: WILSON, 1951, ABM BULL 158.}{Deposit:: ABGMT FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: USBM FILE DATA CLUSTER 343, RIALTO GROUP.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: VAN ALSTINE, R.E., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULL 180, USGS BULL 871, P. 354.}{Deposit:: MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEMS: ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, ARIZONA DMR, MARCH 1976.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: KEITH, 1978, P. 120; MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, 1976.}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Carbonaro, Marguerite M., Orris, Greta J.