New Tennessee Mine

Occurrence in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Arsenic
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027807
MRDS ID M004153
Record type Site
Current site name New Tennessee Mine
Alternate or previous names Bryan Claim, Oversight Claim
Related records 10113679

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.18247, 35.41279 (WGS84)
Elevation 1317
Relative position 1 MI E OF CHLORIDE, 0.25 MI SE OF TENNESSEE MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chloride(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023N 018W 02 E OF CENTER Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

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) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.18247, 35.41279

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 68NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M004153 WITH RE CORD M030380 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON P.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 02/07/2014
MSHA mine ID0203271
Mine name (MSHA)Tennessee Mine
Current operatorHondo Minerals Inc
Current controller (parent)William Miertschin
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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