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Fountain Head Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027726
MRDS ID M003978
Record type Site
Current site name Fountain Head Mine
Alternate or previous names Banner
Related records 10186157

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.10913, 35.32252 (WGS84)
Elevation 1487
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MILES N OF SILVER MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockton Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 022N 017W 04 NW OF SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Ithaca Peak Granite
    Rock description Ithaca Peak Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.10913, 35.32252
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally

Ore body information

  • General form SHOOTS
    Strike N 35 W
    Dip 90
    Length 182.88M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to top 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Schistosity, Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1953

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Harrison Mining
    Home office Kingman, Az.
    First year 1987

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 426.72M
    Overall depth 200M

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT TUNNEL AROUND 600 FT LONG CUTTING THE FOUNTAINHEAD VEIN AT 100 FT LEVEL AND CONTINUING ON TO BANNER VEIN. SHAFT OF 130 FT CONNECTING TO TUNNEL. DRIFTS AT 200 FT LEVEL REACHED BY CROSSCUT FROM SILVER LEGION SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE PEERLESS MINES DEVELOPMENT CO (1924), ARIZONA PREMIER MINES CO (1926), REED MINING, G.E. BOWENS, DEAN M. HOGUE, L.L. ROBINSON, BEVIS DEVIDE MINING CO (1927).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DINGS, M.G., THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS BULL. 397-E.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS BULL. 397.

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 TO 1956: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, RME-158, JUNE 1970, P. 6.

  • Deposit

    NEALE, 1926, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XVII, P. 345.

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA (BANNER-FOUNTAINHEAD FILE).

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • 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 STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN IS IN A NW-TRENDING FISSURE.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D003270 OF J.W. HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
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.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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