Latitude: 33°16'21"N
Longitude: 113°57'49"W
A former surface and underground Au-Ag mine located in North-central sec. 12, T2S, R17W. Owned at times, or in part, by the Rob Roy Development Co.; and, Huffman.
Mineralization is spotty, irregular, and generally weak gold-silver values with quartz in lensing fracture veins cutting Cretaceous or Tertiary andesite.
Workings include shallow shafts and pits. This mine was worked mainly in 1934-1935 and in 1941. It produced some 435 tons of ore averaging only a little better than 0.1 oz. Au/T and 0.05 oz. Ag/T.
References
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: 156 (Table 4).
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
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