Minnesota - Conner Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum, 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027826
MRDS ID M004180
Record type Site
Current site name Minnesota - Conner Mine
Related records 10234868

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.17469, 35.40335 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 3/4 MILE SE OF CHLORIDE , ABOUT 2.1 MILES WNW OF CHERUM PEAK

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

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 023N 018W 11 CENTER OF N2 OF N2 Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.17469, 35.40335

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 W
    Dip 70 SW
    Length 731.52M
    Width 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of last production 1948
Production years 1901 - 1948

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 762M
    Overall depth 173.74M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SHAFTS WITH 4 LEVELS, ALL INTERCONNECTED

Comments on development

  • 2 CLAIMS: MINNESOTA AND CONNER; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERTAORS INCLUDE PHILADELPHIA AND ARIZONA MINING CO, JOHN BARRY, KELLY AND MCKENNON, LEHIGH-ARIZONA MINING CO, HUFFMAN AND RAE, TOM RICE, RELORD, MINNESOTA-CONNER MINING AND MILLING, R.D. AEIGLER, P.S. VIRGIN, FRED RUINNIGER, LINDSEY AND TILLINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DINGS, M.G., 1951 , THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 978 - E

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1909 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 397

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Production

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 978 - E

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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