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Regional Report: Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA

‡Ref.: Dale, V.B. (1959), Tungsten deposits of Yuma, Maricopa, Pinal, and Graham Counties, Arizona, US Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 5516. Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of Arizona: 33, 39, 48, 99, 102. Williams, S.A. & P. Matter, III (1975), Graemite, a new Bisbee mineral, Mineralogical Record: 6: 32-34. Balderman, M.A., and La Violette, J.W. (1977) Northwest-trending, left-separation faults in the southern Dome Rock Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs: 9(4): 384-385. Crowl, W.J. (1979) Geology of the central Dome Rock Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 76 p. Marshak, Stephen (1980) A preliminary study of Mesozoic geology in the southern Dome Rock Mountains, southwestern Arizona, in Jenney, J.P., and Stone, C., editors, Studies in western Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest: 12: 123-133. Sprunger, M. (1980), Hematite from the Dome Rock Mountains near Quartzsite, Arizona, Mineralogical Record: 11: 227-229. Yeats, K.J. (1985) Structural geology of a tectonic boundary which juxtaposes cratonic North America and a Mesozoic sedimentary terrane, northern Dome Rock Mountains, western Arizona [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs: 17(6): 419. Yeats, K.J. (1985) Geology and structure of the northern Dome Rock Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 123 p., 3 sheets, scale 1:12,000. Yeats, K.J. (1985) Geologic map and structure section of the northern Dome Rock Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona: Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Miscellaneous Map MM-85-C, 1 sheet, scale 1:12,000. Tosdal, R.M. (1986) Mesozoic ductile deformations in the southern Dome Rock Mountains, northern Trigo Mountains, Trigo Peaks and Livingston Hills, southwestern Arizona, and Mule Mountains, southeastern California, in Beatty, B., and Wilkinson, P.A.K., eds., Frontiers in geology and ore deposits of Arizona and the Southwest: Arizona Geological Society Digest: 16: 62-71. Reynolds, S.J. et al (1988), Geologic setting of Mesozoic and Cenozoic metamorphism in Arizona, in W.G. Ernst (editor), Metamorphism and crustal evolution of the western United States. Ruby Vol. No. 7, Prentice Hall, NY: 466-501. Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd. ed.: 159, 206, 215, 235, 270, 363, 370, 382, 400, 418, 432. Boettcher, S.S., Mosher, S., and Tosdal, R.M. (1996) Geometric analysis of tubular folds in the northern Dome Rock Mtns., AZ [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs: 28(5): 50. Boettcher, S.S., Steinke, T., and Mosher, S. (1996) Geologic mapping in the northern Dome Rock and Plomosa Mtns., Arizona [abstract]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs: 28(5): 50-51.

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  • Actinolite - 8
  • 'Albite-Anorthite Series' - 16
  • Alunite - 43
  • 'Amethyst' - 16
  • Andalusite - 69, 47
  • Anglesite - 36
  • Baryte - 16
  • Biotite - 37
  • Bornite - 19
  • Brochantite - 19
  • Calcite - 16, 11, 31, 36
  • Cervantite - 19
  • Chalcocite - 15, 12
  • Chalcopyrite - 16
  • 'Chlorite Group' - 16, 37
  • Chrysocolla - 16, 11, 15
  • Cinnabar - 11, 19, 12, 21, 23
  • Djurleite - 67
  • Dumortierite - 19, 47
  • Epidote - 18, 60, 37, 19
  • Fluorite - 16
  • Galena - 36, 46
  • Goethite - 16, 67
  • Gold - 16, 11, 13, 33, 22, 35, 40, 46, 19, 3, 23, 24, 26, 49, 59
  • Graemite - 19, 67
  • Gypsum - 67
  • Hematite - 16, 7, 11, 43, 46, 47
  • Hypersthene - 19
  • Kaolinite - 16, 11
  • Kyanite - 19, 47, 64, 65, 44, 9, 70
  • Lazulite - 44, 70
  • Limonite - 11, 47, 59
  • Magnetite - 16, 22, 35, 19, 26, 47
  • Malachite - 16, 11, 15
  • Manganite - 38
  • Metacinnabar - 11
  • 'Mica Group' - 66
  • Muscovite - 19, 47
  • Natroalunite - 43
  • Orthoclase - 37
  • 'Psilomelane' - 38
  • Pyrite - 16, 43, 47
  • Pyrolusite - 16, 31, 38
  • Pyrophyllite - 7, 19, 47, 57
  • Quartz - 7, 47, 56
  • Rutile - 19, 47, 44, 70
  • Scheelite - 18, 60, 46, 19, 59
  • Schorl - 19
  • 'Sericite' - 16, 43
  • Siderite - 11, 36, 19, 23
  • Sillimanite - 19, 47
  • Silver - 33
  • Stibiconite - 19
  • Stibnite - 19
  • Teineite - 19, 67
  • Tetrahedrite - 13
  • Topaz - 70
  • 'Tourmaline' - 67, 23
  • Tremolite - 45
  • Wagnerite - 70
  • Weissite - 19
  • Wulfenite - 11
  • Zoisite - 19
  • Zunyite - 7


  • 64 minerals listed.

    Locality Key
    1Apache Mine (Ah-ve-Aha Mine), La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    2Arizona Joe Mine, Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    3Arroyo La Paz, La Paz placers, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    4Bauer Uranium claim, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    5Bee Hive prospect, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    6Beggs claims, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    7Big Bertha Mine (Veta Grande Mine; Veta Grande claim; Crystal Caverns claim; Big Bertha Extension Mine), Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    8Bowyer claim, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    9Boyles Kyanite, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    10Busted Track prospect, Oldman Mountain, Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    11Cinnabar Mine (Cinnabar group; Colonial Mining Co. property; Carlson claims; C.O. Carlson claims), Cinnabar, La Cholla District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    12Cinnabar, La Cholla District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    13Copper Bottom Mine, Cunningham Mountain, La Cholla District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    14Copper Chief Mine (French American prospect), U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    15Copper Giant Mine, U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    16Copperstone Mine (Copperstone Open pit; Continental Silver Claim group; Copperstone Underground Mine), La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    17Cunningham Mountain, La Cholla District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    18Darling Mine (Copper Chief Mine; Mountain Chief Mine; Uncle Sam Mine), Middle Camp Mountain, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    19Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    20Dome Rock placers, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    21Ehrenberg, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    22Ferrar Gulch placers (Farrar Gulch placers), Ferrar Gulch, Arroyo La Paz, La Paz placers, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    23French Mine (French-American prospect), Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    24Garcia Gulch, La Paz placers, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    25Golden Giant group, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    26Goodman Wash (Goodman Arroyo), La Paz placers, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    27Great Bear Mine, Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    28Green Glory Mine, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    29High Jolly Mine, Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    30Julian Mine group (Julius Mine group), Middle Camp Mountain, Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    31La Angora Mine, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    32La Cholla District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    33La Cholla placers (Chappo placers; Arizona Drift Mine), La Cholla District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    34La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    35La Paz placers, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    36Leadville Mine group (Hartzeg Mine; Hartzig Mine), Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    37Mariquitta Mine (Marquitta Mine; Mariquita prospect), Middle Camp Mountain, Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    38Metate & Confusion Mine groups, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    39Middle Camp Mountain, Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    40Middle Camp placers, Tyson Wash, Dome Rock placers, Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    41Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    42Mohave Mining Company property, Moon Mountain, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    43Natroalunite deposit (Sugar Loaf prospect; Sugarloaf Butte Alunite deposit), Sugarloaf Peak, Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    44Northern Dome Rock Mountains deposit (Dome Rock Mountain deposit), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    45Northern Dome Rock Mountains, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    46Oro Fino gold placers (Oro Fino placer; Orofino placers; Orofino tract), Tyson Wash, Dome Rock placers, Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    47Quartzsite deposit (Bayles deposit; Dumortierite deposit), Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    48Rainbow prospect (Rainbow & Top Sil claims), U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    49Ravenna Gulch, La Paz placers, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    50Roy T. Bowyer Mine, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    51Scott Weaver Copper Mine, Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    52Shadow Mountain claims, Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    53Shamrock Mine, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    54State lease, Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    55Stibnite occurrence, U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    56Strange Silica claim, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    57Sugarloaf Peak area, Sugarloaf Peak, Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    58Sugarloaf Peak, Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    59Topaz claims, Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    60Tungsten Hill Mine (Quartzite Tungsten Mine; Jackpot and Velmaette groups; Jackpot claims; Jackpot and Velma Quartzite claims), La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    61Two Fools Mine (Stronghold Mine), La Cholla District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    62U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    63Unnamed Fe prospect, U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    64Unnamed Kyanite occurrence (1), La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    65Unnamed Kyanite occurrence (2), La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    66Unnamed Mica Mine, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    67Unnamed prospect, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    68Unnamed U prospect, Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    69Unspecified locality, La Paz, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    70West slope, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    71Wood claims, Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    72Yellow Devil group, U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds, La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
    73Yum Yum Mine, Cunningham Mountain, La Cholla District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA

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