Latitude: 33°7'53"N
Longitude: 114°35'8"W
‡Ref.: Wilson, E.D. (1933) Geology and Mineral Deposits of Southern Yuma County, Arizona. Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 134.
Parker, F.Z. (1966) The Geology and Mineral Deposits of the Silver District Trigo Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona. Masters Thesis, San Diego State College.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10048182, MRDS ID #M800244.
A small former surface and underground Ag-Pb-Zn mine located adjacent to the Amelia claim to the south, approximately 200 feet SW of the Clip Mine, on federal land. Owned by Mr. H.L. Duty of Yuma (1933); and, by Mr. Carl Self.
Mineralization is a pinch and swell vein in andesitic and trachytic lavas separated from granite and schist on the west by a fault zone that strikes NNW and dips about 80ºE. A vein, 20 to 40 feet wide occupies this fault zone for a length of some 500 feet. Brecciation is present. Alteration includes silicification and carbonitization. The vein walls show considerable chloritization.
Workings include a seevral shallow cuts along the fault zone and one vertical shaft.
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