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Lone Jack - Blackfoot Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102566
MRDS ID M004178
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Jack - Blackfoot Mine
Alternate or previous names Goldback
Related records 10283650

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.18024, 35.3978 (WGS84)
Elevation 1256
Relative position 2 MILES SE OF CHLORIDE, 2.3 MILES W 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 SE OF SW OF NW Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite 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 Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

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 N30-35W
    Dip 74SW
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sulpide Ore Is Present Below 130 Foot Level; Oxidized Above

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
Year of first production 1907
Year of last production 1947
Production years 1901 - 1948

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1946
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^4.35 % Pb, 5.39 % Zn, 0.23 % Cu, 0.19 Oz Au/Ton, 2.75 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 78g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 5g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Trace Ore Zinc Zinc 5wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 4wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • 1946 FIGURES ARE FROM U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 281.94M
    Overall depth 39.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • ON LONE JACK CLAIM: 150 FT SHAFT WITH 250 FT OF DRIFTING AND 200 FT TUNNEL; ON BLACKFOOT CLAIM: INCLINED SHAFT 200 FT DEEP WITH 125 FT OF DRIFTING

Comments on development

  • 2 CLAIMS: BLACKFOOT AND GOLDBACK (OR LONE JACK); PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE UNION BASIN MINING, MCNEELY AND BROWN, HARRY LENNOX, BELDING AND PRICE, ROAD AND HOWE, LENON, HUGHS, SNYDER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAURY, P.S., 1947 , EXAMINATION OF ZN - PB MINES IN THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101

  • Deposit

    DINGS, M.C., 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

    PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 - 1958 ; U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, RME - 158 , JUNE 1970 , P. 13

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA'

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA

  • Production

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E; U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS RICHER ON BLACKFOOT CLAIM

Reporter information

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

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