Santa Maria Mining District (Planet Mining District; Swansea Mining District; Bill Williams Mining District), Buckskin Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USAi
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34° 10' 48'' North , 113° 55' 12'' West
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Mindat Locality ID:
31278
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mindat:1:2:31278:6
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Ref.: Higgins, Edwin (1910) Copper deposits of northern Yuma County, Arizona: Mining World [Chicago]: 33: 855-857, 903-904, 949-951.
Bancroft, H. (1911), Reconnaissance of the ore deposits in northern Yuma County, Arizona, USGS Bull. 451: 46-59.
Darton, N.H. (1925), A ResumΓ© of Arizona Geology, University of Arizona, Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 119: 215-218.
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: 127.
Harrer, C.M. (1964), Reconnaissance of Iron Resources in Arizona, US Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8236: 125-126.
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: 172 (Table 4).
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
A Cu-Fe-Mn-Au-Ag (Ti-Ni-V-Cr-Co-Zn-Pb-Ga-Zr-St-Be) mining district located in extreme northern La Paz Co., in the central Buckskin Mountains, immediately South of the Bill Williams River, which forms the boundary with Mohave Co., North of Bouse.
This area is a rugged, dissected region that consists of granitic gneiss and schist, overlain by metamorphosed limestones, amphibolites and mica schists. Mineralization is varied: (1) Oxidized and sulfide copper ores in irregular, lensing, and often massive iron oxide replacement bodies in bedded, faulted, folded and tilted Paleozoic limestone, marble and dolomite, and in Precambrian schist, usually close to the faulted and brecciated contact of carbonate beds with Precambrian gneiss and schist; (2) Hematite and specularite, usually with irregular deposition of oxidized copper mineralization and some gold, in irregular, lensing, replacement bodies or along faults in Paleozoic carbonate rocks to brecciated contacts; (3) Manganese oxides, associated with iron oxides, in irregular bodies along shear zones in Paleozoic quartzite and limestone and along Paleozoic limestone beds; (4) Free gold in fractures in Paleozoic or Precambrian quartzite; (5) and, Small, spotty gold placers along washes.
Workings include several large scale open pit and shaft operations and many smaller mines and prospects worked since the 1860's to recent times. Total estimated and recorded mine production of base and precious metals would be some 1.4 million tons of ore containing about 23,000 tons of copper, 1,008 oz. Au, and 35,000 oz. Ag. About 400 long tons of manganese ore and concentrates (20-34% Mn) have been shipped. Placer operations have produced some 120 oz. of gold with 12 oz. silver.
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| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| β | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
| β | Bornite | 2.BA.15 | Cu5FeS4 |
| β | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| β | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| β | Cuprite | 4.AA.10 | Cu2O |
| β | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| β | var. Specularite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| β | Opal var. Opal-AN | 4.DA.10 | SiO2 Β· nH2O |
| β | 4.DA.10 | SiO2 Β· nH2O | |
| β | Manganite | 4.FD.15 | Mn3+O(OH) |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| β | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| β | Cerussite | 5.AB.15 | PbCO3 |
| β | Azurite | 5.BA.05 | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| β | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| β | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
| β | Brochantite | 7.BB.25 | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 |
| β | Natroalunite | 7.BC.10 | NaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| β | Chalcanthite | 7.CB.20 | CuSO4 Β· 5H2O |
| β | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 Β· 2H2O |
| β | var. Selenite | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 Β· 2H2O |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| β | Epidote | 9.BG.05a | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| β | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| β | var. Sericite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| β | Chrysocolla | 9.ED.20 | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 Β· nH2O, x < 1 |
| Group 10 - Organic Compounds | |||
| β | Urea | 10.CA.35 | CO(NH2)2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| β | 'Jasper' | - | |
| β | 'Limonite' | - | |
| β | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
| β | 'Wad' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | β Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| H | β Brochantite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 |
| H | β Chalcanthite | CuSO4 · 5H2O |
| H | β Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| H | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| H | β Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| H | β Opal var. Opal-AN | SiO2 · nH2O |
| H | β Manganite | Mn3+O(OH) |
| H | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| H | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| H | β Natroalunite | NaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| H | β Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
| H | β Urea | CO(NH2)2 |
| H | β Gypsum var. Selenite | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| H | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | β Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| C | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | β Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| C | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| C | β Urea | CO(NH2)2 |
| N | Nitrogen | |
| N | β Urea | CO(NH2)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | β Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| O | β Baryte | BaSO4 |
| O | β Brochantite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 |
| O | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | β Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| O | β Chalcanthite | CuSO4 · 5H2O |
| O | β Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| O | β Cuprite | Cu2O |
| O | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| O | β Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| O | β Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | β Opal var. Opal-AN | SiO2 · nH2O |
| O | β Manganite | Mn3+O(OH) |
| O | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | β Natroalunite | NaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| O | β Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
| O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | β Urea | CO(NH2)2 |
| O | β Gypsum var. Selenite | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| O | β Hematite var. Specularite | Fe2O3 |
| O | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | β Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | β Natroalunite | NaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | β Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Al | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Al | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | β Natroalunite | NaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| Al | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | β Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Si | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Si | β Opal var. Opal-AN | SiO2 · nH2O |
| Si | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | β Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
| Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | β Baryte | BaSO4 |
| S | β Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| S | β Brochantite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 |
| S | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | β Chalcanthite | CuSO4 · 5H2O |
| S | β Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| S | β Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| S | β Natroalunite | NaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| S | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | β Gypsum var. Selenite | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| K | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Ca | β Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Ca | β Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Ca | β Gypsum var. Selenite | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Mn | Manganese | |
| Mn | β Manganite | Mn3+O(OH) |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | β Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| Fe | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Fe | β Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | β Hematite var. Specularite | Fe2O3 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | β Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| Cu | β Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| Cu | β Brochantite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 |
| Cu | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | β Chalcanthite | CuSO4 · 5H2O |
| Cu | β Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| Cu | β Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Cu | β Cuprite | Cu2O |
| Cu | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | β Baryte | BaSO4 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | β Gold | Au |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | β Cerussite | PbCO3 |
Localities in this Region
- Arizona
- La Paz County
- Buckskin Mountains
- Santa Maria Mining District (Planet Mining District; Swansea Mining District; Bill Williams Mining District)
- Angelus Mine
- Argus & Maryland Mine group (Argus Mine)
- BCC Mines (BBC Mine; BBC claims)
- Black Hills Mine
- Centennial Mine
- Challenge Mine
- Charbert and Oversight Mine
- Clara Mine
- Dome-El Molino group
- Hayler Mine
- Horn claims
- Ipex Mine (Red Bird Mine)
- Iron King Mine (Iron King group of claims; War Eagle Mine)
- Johnnie No. 7 Mine
- Lucky Mine group
- Moro Mine group (Big Horn group)
- Northern Star Mine
- Phoenix and Arizona Mine
- Planet
- ⭔Planet Peak area
- Santa Maria Mining District (Planet Mining District; Swansea Mining District; Bill Williams Mining District)
- Buckskin Mountains
- La Paz County
- Arizona
- La Paz County
- Buckskin Mountains
- Santa Maria Mining District (Planet Mining District; Swansea Mining District; Bill Williams Mining District)
- Pretty Pat Mine
- Pritt Mine
- Record claim
- Red Cloud Mine
- Reid Valley
- Revenue Mine group
- Ruthie and Linda group
- Signal Mine group (Copper Prince Mine; Swansea Mine; Clara Consolidated Gold and Silver Mine)
- Spike 1-8 claims
- Swansea
- Unnamed Ag-Au-Cu Mine
- Unnamed Ag-Cu Mine
- Unnamed Cu-Au Mine
- Unnamed Cu Mine
- Unnamed Fe deposit
- Santa Maria Mining District (Planet Mining District; Swansea Mining District; Bill Williams Mining District)
- Buckskin Mountains
- La Paz County
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