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: 162 (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).
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10065787, MRDS ID #TC41214; and, Dep. ID #10209422, MAS ID #0040120034.
A former surface and underground Cu-Au-Ag-marble mine located in South-central sec. 1, T8N, R16W (Swansea 15 minute topo map). Owned at times, or in part, by the Arizona Midway Copper Co.; and, Chisholm.
Mineralization is spotty, oxidized, copper mineralization in Precambrian schist containing limestone bands. Some high-grade copper pods. Limited exposure of varicolored marble bounded by schist.
Workings include shallow workings and prospects developed around 1917 but very limited, if any, production.
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Map Reference: 34°4'0"N , 113°52'47"W
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