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White Elephant Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, REE
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027751
MRDS ID M004025
Record type Site
Current site name White Elephant Mine
Related records 10113373

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.13969, 35.28502 (WGS84)
Elevation 1195
Relative position 11 MILES N OF KINGMAN , ABOUT 2 MILES SW 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

Cerbat(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 19 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Ithaca Peak Granite
    Rock description Ithaca Peak Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.13969, 35.28502
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Reg.Struct: Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 W
    Dip 63 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

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 86.87M

Comments on the workings information

  • WHITE ELEPHANT SHAFT, 285 FT DEEP; IMPERIAL SHAFT, 125 FT DEEP

Comments on development

  • 4 CLAIMS INCLUDING WHITE ELEPHANT AND IMPERIAL CLAIMS; OPERATED IN 1910'S; OPERATORS INCLUDE CERBAT SILVER MINES, CERBAT MINES CO., CRAWFORD HEGARD CO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 TO 1956: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, RME - 158 , JUNE 1970, P. 67.

  • Deposit

    WEED, 1920, MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIV, P. 248.

  • Deposit

    MALACH, 1977, MOHAVE COUNTY MINES, P. 31.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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