1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Night Hawk and Rip Van Winkle Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027781
MRDS ID M004075
Record type Site
Current site name Night Hawk and Rip Van Winkle Mine
Related records 10210610

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.12552, 35.33391 (WGS84)
Elevation 1597
Relative position 7 1/2 MILES SW OF CHLORIDE, ABOUT 2 MILES SSE OF TURQUOISE 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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

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 32 S2 OF SW4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.12552, 35.33391
ListMap

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 60 W
    Dip 90
    Width 0.46M

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
Discoverer George Menzies
Year of first production 1887
Year of last production 1942
Production years 1901 - 1948

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1948
    Period 1901 - 1948
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^300 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 8471g/mt
  • Year 1948
    Period 1901 - 1948
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3 Oz Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 85g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 426.72M
    Overall depth 213.36M

Comments on development

  • OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE GEORGE BOWERS, SENATOR LANFORD, JUDGE TERY, FRANK FERRARIS, SAM NORRIS, FRANK WESTON

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

    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

    ADMR FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 4101, 1947, MAP-FIGURE 1

  • Production

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E, 397

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.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.