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Kaaba Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper, Vanadium, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037091
MRDS ID M030378
Record type Site
Current site name Kaaba Mine
Related records 10161622

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.72385, 35.09197 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Relative position 3 MI W OF WIKIEUP - KINGMAN HIGHWAY UP KAABA WASH; 5 MI WSW OF DEA N PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bottleneck Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Valentine(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Williams(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 020N 014W 26 NE4 OF NE4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.72385, 35.09197
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to bottom 91.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • AGE OF MINERALIZATION UNKNOWN; MINE IN ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS OF HUALA PAI MOUNTAINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1926
Year of last production 1936

Mining district

District name Maynard District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1936
    Period 1935-1936
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.07% Pb, 0.003% Cu, 0.082 Oz/T Ag, 0.109 Oz/T Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 3g/mt
    Ore Silver Silver 228g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MINE HAD LIMITED PRODUCTION OF VANADIUM FROM 1916-1918

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IN 1942 NO VANADIUM WAS LEFT OTHER THAN SMALL PILLARS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 487.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • KAABA MINING AND MILLING CO. OPERATED A PILOT MILL FOR THE ORE TH AT CONTAINED VANADATE OF LEAD RICH IN GOLD. LATER HAD A 125 TON FLOATA TION PLANT. THERE ARE 2 SHAFTS, 800 FT AND 1600 FT

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED CALIFORNIA VANADIUM, KAABA MINING & MILLING CO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    AZ BUR GEOL & MIN TECH FILE DATA

  • Production

    MALACH, 1977, P. 237

  • Reserve-Resource

    MALACH, 1977, P. 23

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030378 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

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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