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Mccracken Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Barium-Barite, Zinc
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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. Ownership information
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027059
MRDS ID M001839
Record type Site
Current site name Mccracken Mine
Alternate or previous names Mccracken Lead Mine, Signal-Senator, Blacksmith Tunnel
Related records 10258957

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.77578, 34.44143 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 12 MILES W OF SIGNAL, AT MCCRACKEN PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCracken Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013N 015W 25 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Little Alteration, Fresh

Analytical data

Result ASSAY: TRACES PB, AU
Result 2.6 , 2.8 AND 11.56 OZ. AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.77578, 34.44143
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Complex Faulting Of Tertiary Volcanic Rocks Against Precambrian Granitic Rocks. Flows Also Overlie Precambrian Rocks South Of Mccracken Peak
Type of structure Local
Structure description Jointing Perpindicular And Parallel To Vein

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR LEDGES
    Strike NS
    Dip 65 E
    Length 609.6M
    Width 9.14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULTS OF MINOR DISPLACEMENT THROUGHOUT AREA, E-W JOINTING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1874
Discoverer Mccracken And Owens
Year of first production 1875
Year of last production 1960
Production years - 1875 - 1906

Mining district

District name Mccracken District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Magnum Consolidated Co.
    First year 1967

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1986
    Total resources 181000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 248.827 g/mt Silver Major 1986

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES INCLUDE OPEN PIT AND UNDERGROUND RESERVES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 2743.2M
    Overall depth 182.88M
    Overall length 609.6M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • 20 FOOT DEEP OPENCUTS.MAIN SHAFT HAS LEVELS AT 50, 100, 250 AND 400 FT., AND IS 600 FT. DEEP ON A 70-DEGREE INCLINE. WORKINGS ALSO INCLUDE SHAFT AND 2 LEVELS ON TOP OF MCCRACKEN PEAK

Comments on development

  • 10 CLAIMS IN 1962 INCLUDED THE ALTA, ATLANTA, SENATOR, SIGNAL, AND SILVER LEAD CLAIMS. OPERATORS INCLUDED: MCCORMICK SILVER LEAD, MCCRACKEN MOUNTAIN MINING CO., SIGNAL MINES CO., BEN GRIFFITH, W.W. THOMAS, ARIVADA DEVELOPMENT CO., 196 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANCROFT, H., 1911, RECONNAISSANCE OF THE ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 451, P. 123-6.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ADMR MCCRACKEN MINE FILE.

  • Deposit

    SUNEJON, N.H., 1980, THE ORIGIN OF BIMODAL VOLCANISM, WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA: PH.D THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 140 , P. 96.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NIEMUTH, 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 PROMINENT VEINS, ALL N-S STRIKE. 2 VEINS WORKED. WIDTH VARIES FROM 6 TO 30 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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