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Windy Point Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Arsenic
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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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102555
MRDS ID M004051
Record type Site
Current site name Windy Point Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.13858, 35.38391 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 4 MILES SE OF CHLORIDE

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 017W 18 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.13858, 35.38391
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally
Type of structure Local
Structure description Schistosity Trend N 85 W, 75 S

Ore body information

  • Strike N 42 W
    Dip 77 NE
    Width 1.22M

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
Production years TO 1917

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 32M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    ELSING, M. J., 1936 , ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 140 , P. 95

  • Production

    ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 140 , P. 95 U.S.G.S. BULL. 397 , P. 85 .

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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