Cleveland-Chicago vein group (Northeastern area), Castle Dome Mine group, Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Cleveland-Chicago vein group (Northeastern area) | - not defined - |
| Castle Dome Mine group | - not defined - |
| Castle Dome Mining District | Mining District |
| Castle Dome Mountains | Mountain Range |
| Yuma County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 2' 44'' North , 114° 4' 50'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tacna | 602 (2011) | 40.5km |
| Wellton | 2,936 (2017) | 41.9km |
| Buckshot | 153 (2017) | 50.6km |
| Fortuna Foothills | 26,265 (2011) | 53.0km |
| El Prado Estates | 504 (2017) | 55.8km |
A former underground Pb-Ag-F-Ba-V-Mo-Zn-Au-Cu (As-Se-Be-Sb) mine group located in SW¼ sec. 30 & the NW¼ sec. 31, T4S, R18W (protracted), on the Cleveland-Chicago vein, 3,600 feet north (east ?) of the Flora Temple Mine, on federal land. Mines of this group were owned at times, or in part, by Mr. Pete Hodge (early owner); later, Messrs. De Luce, Haack, Timmons, and Young; the Mayhew Mining Co. (Messrs Felix Mayhew & Fred Timmons of Yuma [1933]); Castle Dome Mining Co.; K&W Mining Co. and Childress & Wright.
Mineralization is spotty, rich masses of partly oxidized, argentiferous galena in a gangue of crystalline and banded calcite, fluorite and minor barite, in a lensing fissure vein (Cleveland-Chicago vein) up to 3 feet (0.91 meters) wide and at least 1,400 feet (426.72 meters) long, with a strike of S30ºE, dip of 80SW, and a depth to bottom of 106.68 meters. along a fissure that dips about 80ºW. At the NW end it is in slate with a dike of quartz porphyry near the footwall. Farther SE, it cuts or lies near a dike of diorite porphyry. maximum width is 3 feet (1 meter), but mostly it is narrower. Wall rocks are well-bedded, steeply-dipping Mesozoic shale and impure limestone, cut by diorite porphyry and quartz porphyry dikes. Most of the outcrop is concealed by gravel. Ore exists down to about the 300-350 foot level. The barite is later than the fluorite.
Workings in this group are a series of relatively shallow shafts and stopes down at least 300 feet. Stope fills & dumps reworked in the early 1930's, late 1940's, and 1966-1967. This property has been practically idle from 1913-1930. Total production would be over 2,000 tons of 20% Pb and 5 oz. Ag/T. Some minor Zn, Cu and Au were recovered.
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| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | var. Silver-bearing Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS with Ag |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena | PbS with Ag |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Ag | Silver | |
| Ag | ⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena | PbS with Ag |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena | PbS with Ag |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10103549 |
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Localities in this Region
- Arizona
- Yuma County
- Castle Dome Mountains
- Castle Dome Mining District
- Castle Dome Mine group
- Cleveland-Chicago vein group (Northeastern area)
- Castle Dome Mine group
- Castle Dome Mining District
- Castle Dome Mountains
- Yuma County
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- Mojave DomainDomain
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
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- Arizona
- Kofa National Wildlife RefugeWildlife Refuge
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