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St. Louis Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027745
MRDS ID M004014
Record type Site
Current site name St. Louis Mine
Related records 10259587

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.12386, 35.30446 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE NW 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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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 08 SW Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Hematite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.12386, 35.30446
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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 30 W
    Dip 80 - 85 NE
    Width 1.52M

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
Discovery year 1865
Production years 1901 - 1948

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1948
    Period 1901 - 1948
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^14 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 395g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 103.63M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAJOR DEVELOPMENT BY 3 TUNNELS; THERE IS ALSO A SHAFT

Comments on development

  • ORIGINALLY 19 CLAIMS; PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT IS ON ST. LOUIS CLAIM; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE ST. LOUIS CONSOLIDATED MINING AND MILLING CO (1905), GADDIS AND PERRY, D. SANDERSON, E.L. LEITZOW, A.T. LEITZOW, M.B. MAXWELL, NORTH DAKOTA SILVER CO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    DINGS, M.G., 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

    PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 TO 1956 ; U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, RME - 158 , JUNE 1970

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Production

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 978 - E, U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 PRINCIPAL VEINS; 3 TRENDING N30W, 2 TRENDING NS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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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