Latitude: 32°34'55"N
Longitude: 114°7'58"W
A Cu-Au prospect with surface workings located in sec. 5, T10S, R18W, on the western slope of a spur 1 mile S of sec. 32, T9S, R18W, and 6 miles South of Wellton, on a military reservation.
Gneiss strikes nearly west, dips 30ยบ towards the North, and is cut by several aplitic dikes. A narrow, lenticular, white quartz vein near on of these dikes contains some bunches of brown calcite, together with hematite and granular quartz. In places considerable copper stain is developed. The vein walls are somewhat sericitized.
Workings include a few shallow cuts.
References
Wilson, E.D. (1933) Geology and Mineral Deposits of Southern Yuma County, Arizona. Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 134: 176.
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 #10027221, MRDS ID #M002532.
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