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Music Mountain Group Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027689
MRDS ID M003832
Record type Site
Current site name Music Mountain Group Mine
Alternate or previous names Lucknow

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.91247, 35.64251 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position ON THE SW EDGE OF MUSIC MOUNTAINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Music Mountains NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Peach Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Williams(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(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 026N 015W 17,18 W2 (17); E2 (18) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM COORDINATES ARE GENERAL FOR AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE AVERAGED 5 - 8 OZ. AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Schistosity Trend N 30 E, 65 Se

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 30 W
    Dip 80 S
    Length 1609.3M
    Width 2.13M

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOCAL PLUTON PROBABLY NEAR 65 M.Y., LCRET TO ETERT ; GEOL.DESC: SHEETING CUTS BOTH GNEISS AND GRANITE, N 60 W, 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1879
Discoverer D. Southwick, Ed Burk, B. Hatch, Joe Prisk
Year of last production 1947

Mining district

District name Music Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 SHAFT 200 FT DEEP, 300 FT DRIFTS, (ELLEN JANE); 700 FT OF ADIT DRIFTS, SHAFTS, WINZES, AND STOPES, (TOMONOTTA, CLEVELAND, & WORLD'S FAIR); 400 FT BELOW THIS 1-150 SHAFT (1909)

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED NEVADA-ARIZONA MINES. JERRY HAYNESS, LEO MANSON, O.D. GUNN, BALDWIN, GALBRAITH. CLAIMS INCLUDED ELLEN JANE, CONTENTION, MARIE E, LUCKY CUSS, CLEVELAND, TOMONOTTA, AND WORLD'S FAIR

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. 142

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1879-1880

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Unknown 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.

External references

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