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American Flag Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Antimony, Gold, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027695
MRDS ID M003852
Record type Site
Current site name American Flag Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.83857, 35.08641 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 16 MILES SE OF KINGMAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dean Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Valentine(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Williams(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Sandy(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 020N 015W 26 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS INDEFINITE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Potassic, Sericitic, Argyllic, Propyllitic, Pyrite Halo

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.83857, 35.08641
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciated Zone & Vertical Fractures

Ore body information

  • Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Maynard District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 8 IS FROM USGS BULL. 397 , ITEMS 8 AND 9 ARE FROM ABM BULL. 140 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 213.36M

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 , P. 140

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M. J. AND HEINEMAN, R. E., 1936 , ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140 , P. 96

  • Production

    USGS BULL. 397 , P. 140 ; ARIZ. BUREAU MINES BULL. 140 , P. 96

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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