Antler Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009784
MRDS ID D002987
Record type Site
Current site name Antler Mine
Related records 10162083, 10186198

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.86746, 34.8667 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 12 MILES E OF YUMA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Diamond Joe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017N 016W 03,04,09 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1992)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcanthite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Magnetite Ore
Malachite Ore
Marmatite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Anthophyllite Gangue
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.86746, 34.8667

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NW
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1879
Year of first production 1916
Year of last production 1953

Mining district

District name Cedar Valley

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Standard Metals Corp.
    First year 1987

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Total resources 2267000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.95 wt-pct Copper Major 1978
    Zinc Zn 4.13 wt-pct Zinc Major 1978
    Lead Pb 0.94 wt-pct Lead Minor 1978
    Silver Ag 0.953 g/mt Silver Minor 1978

Comments on the workings information

  • GOPHERING, OPEN STOPING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P

  • Production

    SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROOF PENDENT OF SCHIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey ADDED MODEL NAME AND NUMBER
Updater 01-NOV-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.