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Midwest Mine

Occurrence in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Molybdenum, Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  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 10037087
MRDS ID M030370
Record type Site
Current site name Midwest Mine
Alternate or previous names Shannon Basin Moly Mine, Lead Moly Group
Related records 10113548

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.64967, 34.63421 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 4-5 MI S OF WIKIEUP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aubrey Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(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 015N 013W 08,17 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • MAIN MINE WORKINGS ARE 1 MI W OF MILL. MILL IS 1 MI W OF HIGHWAY 9 3, 3 MI S OF WIKIEUP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Limestone Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Leaching Of Sulfides, Probably Pyrite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.64967, 34.63421
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 1609.3M
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • A Large Vein/Dike Outcrops For Over A Mile And Similar But Smaller Veins Parallel Main Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • 6 MI AWAY IS 58.1+/-2.3 M.Y. INTRUSION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Devils Wash District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Emery Blevins, Wikieup , Midwest Resources, Inc.
    First year 1962

Comments on the production information

  • DRY CONCENTRATING PLANT ANTICIPATED MILL FEED OF ABOUT 5% PB, 1% M O, AND 0.25-0.5 OZ AG FROM AN OPEN CUT. THE MINE SHAFT IS SAID TO HAVE SHOWN A CONSIDERABLY BETTER GRADE OF ORE AT DEPTH

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRY CONCENTRATING PLANT BUILT IN 1958 BUT SCRAPPED. CONVENTIONAL WET JIG PLANT BUILT IN LATE 1958; DISMANTLED IN 1959

Comments on development

  • DRILLED BY BAGDAD COPPER CO. IN 1965

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN RES, 1962, MO PROSPECTS IN AZ, PHOENIX

  • Production

    DEPT MIN RES, 1962, MO PROSPECTS-AZ

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030370 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE; CONTACT PERSON T. G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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