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Midnight Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027818
MRDS ID M004168
Record type Site
Current site name Midnight Mine
Related records 10210216

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.18524, 35.39224 (WGS84)
Elevation 1207
Relative position 1.5 MILES S OF CHLORIDE, ABOUT 2.7 MILES WSW OF CHERUM PEAK.

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)

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 018W 10 SE Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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 Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.18524, 35.39224
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Granite And Diabase Dikes, Nw Trending Joint System

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 W
    Dip NE
    Width 22.86M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1866
Discoverer Carpenter
Production years 1901 - 1948

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jim Bock
    First year 1981

Production statistics

  • Year 1948
    Period 1901 - 1948
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^4.5 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Copper Copper 5wt-pct
  • Year 1948
    Period 1901 - 1948
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^66 Oz. Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 1864g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 300 FT SHAFT WITH CROSSCUTS AT 200 AND 300 FT, CAVED

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE HEIMRODS, MCDUFFEE AND GILLELAND, DARIUS BROWN, ROBERT GIBSON, JAMES BOYD, JOHN ST. CHARLES, KEENE ST. CHARLES, ANDE BROWN, HOLMES, W.C. BABCOCK, MIDNIGHT MOHAVE MINING CO. 7 PATENTED CLAIMS.

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

    PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 TO 1956, U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, RME-158, JUNE 1970, P. 13.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 340, 1907, P. 64-65.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WIDTH INDICATES DEPOSIT MAY BE LODE.

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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