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Summit Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper, Uranium
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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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027441
MRDS ID M003095
Record type Site
Current site name Summit Mine
Related records 10259262

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.12163, 35.33891 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 4 MI SE OF CHLORIDE , 3 MILES NNW OF SILVER MOUNTAIN

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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

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 32 SE OF NW Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite 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) -114.12163, 35.33891
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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

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 40 W
    Dip STEEP 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 Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1965

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cerbat Mining And Milling Co.
    First year 1962

Comments on the production information

  • 16,000 T OF ORE; 400-500T PER MONTH 1942-1948 , 19,887 T. TOTAL

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 429.77M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 300 FT SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 160, 200, AND 300 FT; SHAFT CONNECTS WITH CROSSCUT ADIT AT 160 FT LEVEL; SECOND CROSSCUT REACHES DEPTH OF 500 FT BELOW SHAFT ENTRANCE

Comments on development

  • 40 CLAIMS; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE A.R. TATNAIL, ARIZONA METALS CO, RALPH R. LANGLEY (1944), EL DORADO ROVER MINING CO. (1943), JASPER PREWER, VENKO BUTORAE, STEINKE, BIRCHFIELD, FITZSIMMONS, GEORGE SHYSP, L.L. ROBINSON (1943)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANGER, H.C., 1962 , RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA, U.S.G.S. BULL 1147-A PP A-22.

  • Deposit

    DINGS, M.G., 1951 , THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E.

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 4140, 1947, P. 28

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1978 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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