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Rico Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Quartz
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027773
MRDS ID M004065
Record type Site
Current site name Rico Mine
Related records 10138016

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.11469, 35.34724 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 7 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

Stockton Hill(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 29 Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.11469, 35.34724
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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 85 W
    Dip NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1901 - 1948

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 , JUNE 1970, P. 26.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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