Latitude: 32°34'39"N
Longitude: 114°7'32"W
A Cu-Au prospect with surface workings located on the SE base of the Wellton Hills, 7 miles from Wellton.
Mineralization is relatively fissile gneiss that strikes about N.60ºW. and dips 45ºE. Several aplitic dikes from a few inches to more than 1 foot diameter. Two narrow quartz veins occur in the gneiss.
Workings are shallow openings.
References
Wilson, E.D. (1933) Geology and Mineral Deposits of Southern Yuma County, Arizona. Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 134: 175.
Wilson, E.D., Cunningham, J.B., and Butler, G.M. (1934), Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining (revised 1967), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 137: 151.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10027220, MRDS ID #M002527.
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2 entries listed. 2 valid minerals.
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