Jude Mine, Jude Mine group (Silverfields Mine), Yuma, Yuma Mining District, Yuma County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Jude Mine | Mine |
| Jude Mine group (Silverfields Mine) | - not defined - |
| Yuma | - not defined - |
| Yuma Mining District | Mining District |
| Yuma County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° North , 114° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~1km
Type:
Köppen climate type:
A gold mine located on 2 claims, just West of the railway. Owned by Messrs. L. Hedgepeth, F. Timmons & B. Gutchmaker.
Mineralization involves coarse-grained biotite gneiss that strikes approximately SW and dips steeply SE, that has been cut by many fractures & minor faults, some of which contain narrow stringers of white quartz. The principal fault zone, which strikes and dips with the gneiss, contains a vein of coarse-grained, banded, vitreous, translucent quartz, whose irregular thickness in places amounts to 2 feet.
Workings include several old shafts, a few short drifts and shallow surface cuts. Production was several sacks of Au ore.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ 'Limonite' Description: Occurs in vein quartz pockets. |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Description: Occurs as small crystals in vein quartz. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Gulf of California CoastWide Rift
- Mojave DomainDomain
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