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American Molybdenum Mine

Occurrence in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037089
MRDS ID M030374
Record type Site
Current site name American Molybdenum Mine
Alternate or previous names Cedar
Related records 10113437

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.78912, 34.82697 (WGS84)
Elevation 1183
Relative position 0.4 MI SE OF LEVIATHAN MINE DOWN DELUGE WASH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Diamond Joe 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017N 014W 29 W OF CENTER Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Diamond Joe Stock-Medium Grained Granite, Biotite Quartz Monzonit E
    Rock description Diamond Joe Stock-Medium Grained Granite, Biotite Quartz Monzonit E
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N40w Fault With Sw Side Down

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Diamond Joe District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WICKES, 1917, MIN. SCI. PRESS, V. 114, P. 699-700.

  • Deposit

    BERGER, 1938, MIN JOUR V. 22, NO. 6, P. 4,5,32

  • Deposit

    DEPT MIN RES, 1962, AZ. DEPT MIN RES, PHOENIX

  • Deposit

    MALACH, 1977, MOHAVE CO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, KINGMAN, AZ

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT TAKEN FROM RECORD M030374 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FI LE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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