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Juno Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102569
MRDS ID M004216
Record type Site
Current site name Juno Mine
Related records 10256607

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.20663, 35.42279 (WGS84)
Elevation 1256
Relative position 3/4 MILE NW 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 024N 018W 33 SE Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.20663, 35.42279
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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 30 W
    Dip 55 NE
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sulphide Ore At 70 Foot Depth

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 1901 - 1948

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Intermountain Exploration Co.
    First year 1974

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^7 % Pb, 7 % Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Zinc Zinc 7wt-pct
    Minor Ore Lead Lead 7wt-pct
  • Year 1945
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^4.85 % Pb, 4.94 % Zn, 0.21 % Cu, 6.69 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.1935 Oz Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Lead Lead 5wt-pct
    Major Ore Gold Gold 5g/mt
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 189g/mt
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Ore Zinc Zinc 5wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 518.16M
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT OF 600 FT (INACCESSIBLE); VERTICAL SHAFT 150 FT; ADIT 370 FT LONG

Comments on development

  • JUNO AND ILLINOIS CLAIMS; PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE EVAN ROBERTS, WILLIAM MILLER AND E.T. LLOYD, JAMES BEAUCHAMP, FLOYD BROWN, J.H. HALL, R.W. HALL, PRODUCERS MINES, JOE BONASPI, R. BLUE AND J. TRASK, RAY G. HALL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 TO 1956 ; U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, RME-158 , 1970 , P. 45

  • 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

    ADMR FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Production

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

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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