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: Yuma County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.06035, -114.17856
dep_id: 10103550
mrds_id: M030326
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Lead, Copper, Silver
Minor mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold
Trace mineral: Molybdenum, Vanadium, Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Fluorite, Mimetite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
gangue: Barite, Calcite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR MASES, LENSES
work_type: Underground
alteration: Strong Sericitization, Also Silicification, Chloritization
conc_proc: Supergene Enrichment
ore_ctrl: Fault Zone Containing Intersecting Faults & Gouge
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A., Carbonaro, Marguerite M., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Kofa Volcanics
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Block Faulting
tectonic: Basin And Range
References:
  • 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.
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