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Rural Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Molybdenum
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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 10027762
MRDS ID M004048
Record type Site
Current site name Rural Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.13247, 35.38558 (WGS84)
Elevation 1603
Relative position 4 MILES SE OF CHLORIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chloride(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 023N 017W 18 Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.13247, 35.38558
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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 NW
    Dip 80 S
    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
Production years 1886 - 1887

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1887
    Period 1886 - 1887
    Material ORE AVG
    Description Cp_Grade: ^304 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 8583g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES ARE COMBINED PRODUCTION FROM BUCKEYE AND RURAL MINES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BASTIN, E. S., 1925 , ORIGIN OF CERTAIN RICH SILVER ORES NEAR CHLORIDE AND KINGMAN, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 750-B, P. 24

  • Production

    U.S.G.S. BULL 750-B, P. 24

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAME VEIN AS BUCKEYE MINE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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