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De La Fontaine Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver, Arsenic, 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. Production statistics
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027729
MRDS ID M003984
Record type Site
Current site name De La Fontaine Mine
Alternate or previous names 4 Claims: De La Fontaine, Hope, Emma, Henrietta
Related records 10113776

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.11469, 35.31808 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 2 MILES NE OF CERBAT, 1.5 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 022N 017W 05 SE Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Uraninite 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 Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.11469, 35.31808
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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 70 W
    Dip 80 NE
    Width 1.22M

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 first production 1915
Year of last production 1955
Production years 1947

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gamin Resources
    Home office British Columbia
    First year 1986
  • Type Owner
    Owner Clack
    First year 1967

Production statistics

  • Year 1947
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^14 % Pb, 28 % Zn, 0.02 Oz Au/Ton, 2.0 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 56g/mt
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
    Ore Zinc Zinc 28wt-pct
    Major Ore Lead Lead 14wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1947
    Total resources 9000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 3.6 wt-pct Lead Major 1947
    Zinc Zn 14.2 wt-pct Zinc Major 1947

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 426.72M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 400 FT SHAFT WITH DRIFTING AT 2 LEVELS.

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE STOCKTON HILL MINING CO (1909) (ALSO OWNER OF THE CUPEL MINE), SMITH AND RETRON, A.W. SMITH (1948), FONTAINE-CUPEL, URANIUM CO, L.H. DICKENS (1943), FARLEY, THOMAS, AND STEVENS (1947), L.M. DICKENS (1947) , C. A. & R. MINES INC. 1984-86: MAPPING AND SAMPLING OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS BY GAMIN RESOURCES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1909, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 397.

  • Deposit

    HAURY, P.S., 1947, EXAMINATION OF ZN-PB MINES IN THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101.

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    HART & HETLAND, 1953, USAEC RME-4026.

  • 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

    U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101

  • Reserve-Resource

    U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101; NIEMUTH, 1987.

Reporter information

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