‡Ref.: Keith, Stanton B. (1978) State of Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 192, Index of Mining Properties in Yuma County, Arizona: 144 (Table 4).
Phillips, K.A. (1987), Arizona Industrial Minerals, 2nd. Edition, Arizona Department of Mines & Minerals Mineral Report 4, 185 pp.
Niemuth, N.J. & K.A. Phillips (1992), Copper Oxide Resources, Arizona Department of Mines & Mineral Resources Open File Report 92-10: 8 (Table 1).
Yale Peabody GNIS database.
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10064829, MRDS ID #TC39709; and, Dep. ID #10137333, MAS ID #0040120199; and, Dep. ID #10282577, MAS ID #0040120179.
A former surface and underground Cu-Au-Ag-Fe-Baryte mine located in the NW¼ sec. 13, T7N, R13W (Salome 15 minute topo map). Owned at times, or in part, by Wilkinson; Josephi; Kane; Cuprite Investment Co.; Prescott; and, Nohlcheck. NOTE: Alternate coordinates provided: 33.95N, 113.87778W.
Mineralization is spotty, oxidized copper ores, with high gold values, associated with strong showings of specular hematite in fissure veins along a strong NW-striking fault zone, cutting Precambrian metamorphics. Intrusions of diorite and granitic dikes. High gold values in specular hematite near the surface. The gangue is baryte.
Originally prospected in the early 1900's and worked intermittently by shallow tunnels, open cuts and shafts from 1903 through 1942. Produced some 430 tons of ore averaging about 5.5% Cu, 0.65 oz. Au/T, and 0.3 oz. Ag/T.
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Map Reference: 33°57'11"N , 113°33'50"W
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