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Katherine Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Beryllium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Ownership information
  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 10026990
MRDS ID M001658
Record type Site
Current site name Katherine Mine
Related records 10258902

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.54775, 35.23363 (WGS84)
Elevation 280
Relative position 2.5 MILES NW OF DAVIS DAM, LAKE MOHAVE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lake Mead National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 021N 021W 05 SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAY OF ORE STRINGER: 65 OZ. AG, 10 OZ. AU/TON

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
    Rock unit name Katherine Granite;Golden Door Volcanics
    Rock description Katherine Granite;Golden Door Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw To Nnw Trending Normal Faulting
Type of structure Local
Structure description Tert Flows Strike Nw, Dip 30-40 Ne, And Overlie Prec Granite And Gneiss

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, STRINGER LODE
    Strike N 62 E
    Dip 90
    Width 18.29M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 121.92M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1900
Discoverer S.C. Baggs
Year of first production 1900
Year of last production 1940
Production years 1900 - 1933

Mining district

District name Union Pass District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Charles Stoll
    First year 1975

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PRODUCTION FOR THE YEARS 1906-1908 MAY BE INCLUDED IN THE TOTALS FOR PYRAMID MINE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 518.16M
    Overall depth 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • 900 FT SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 100, 200, 300, 400 FT

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE NEW COMSTOCK MINING CO (1900), ARIZONA-PYRAMID GOLD MINING CO (1904), KATHERINE GOLD MINING CO (1919), P.H. BRALY, R.L. DIMINICK, WHALEY AND TORELES, GOLD STANDARD MINING

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

    WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137.

  • Deposit

    LAUSEN, C., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OATMAN AND KATHERINE DISTRICTS, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 131.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 318, 1959, P. 102

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 374-E, 1963, PLATE 1

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL'S. 137 , 140

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POSSIBLY THE SAME VEIN AS THE PYRAMID, ALTHOUGH ALLUVIUM PREVENTS ITS BEING TRACED ALONG THE SURFACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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.

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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