Pinkham Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Calcium, Gold, Lead, Silver, Uranium, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10113588
MRDS ID M004181
MAS/MILS ID 0040150707
Record type Site
Current site name Pinkham Mine
Alternate or previous names Little Chief, Great Scott Mine
Related records 10027827

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.1811, 35.39082 (WGS84)
Elevation 1225
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 023 N 018 W 11 SWSWSW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Primary
Uranium Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.1811, 35.39082

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Rothermel
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMO #1 & #2 ARE CHALCOCITE & BORNITE RESPECTIVELY.

  • Deposit

    ADMR MOHAVE CARD FILE

  • Deposit

    MOHAVE CUSTOM MILL PROJ. CARD FILE

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER,F.C.,USGS BULL 340,P64

  • Deposit

    ADMR PINKHAM MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER,F.C.,USGS 397,P74

  • Deposit

    WILLIS,C.,AZ.M.J.,AUG.,1920,P13

  • Deposit

    DINGS,M., USGS 978-E,P147

  • Deposit

    MALACH.,R., MOHAVE CO. MINES, 1977,P27

  • Deposit

    EVAL.OF MIN.RES.OF HUALAPAI INDIANS,VOL I,1964,P197-198

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.