Rawhide Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037093
MRDS ID M030385
Record type Site
Current site name Rawhide Mine
Related records 10137514

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.6605, 34.29893 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 5 MI NW OF ALAMO CROSSING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rawhide Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bill Williams(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 011N;011N 013W;014W 18;13 NW4 (18); NE4 (13) Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Dioptase Ore
Shattuckite Ore
Silver Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.6605, 34.29893

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Or At Low Angle Thrust Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE THRUST OVER PREC GNEISS IN MINE AREA. MYLONITI C FABRIC IN LOWER PLATE, CATACLASTIC DEFORMATION IN UPPER PLATE; MINER ALIZATION RELATED TO THRUST FAULTING; OVERLYING CHAPIN WASH FORMATION STRIKES NW, DIPS 30-50 SW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1921
Year of last production 1958

Mining district

District name Rawhide District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Stacy, Charles And Elwood
    Home office Wickenberg, Az.
    First year 1981

Production statistics

  • Year 1958
    Period 1940-1958
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.8% Cu, 20.35% Pb, 1.84% Zn, 11.68 Oz/T Ag, 0.035 Oz/T Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
    Ore Silver Silver 330g/mt
    Ore Zinc Zinc 2wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 20wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT INTO HILL A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED E.H. SLOAN, CLYDE C. COPER, R. WILLIAMS, T. HI LL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AZ BUR GEOL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    HEAD, 1941, USBM RI 3560

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030385 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE; CONTACT PERSON T. G. THEODORE ; 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.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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