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Columbus Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102550
MRDS ID M004004
Record type Site
Current site name Columbus Mine
Related records 10113498

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.13886, 35.31002 (WGS84)
Elevation 1273
Relative position 1/2 MILE NE OF CERBAT

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

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 022N 017W 07 SE OF NW Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.13886, 35.31002
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally

Ore body information

  • General form SHOOTS, LENSES
    Strike N 20 W
    Dip 70E
    Length 914.4M
    Width 1.22M

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
Discovery year 1875
Year of last production 1962
Production years 1946

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1946
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.59 % Pb, 6.47 % Zn, 0.085 % Cu, 0.046 Oz Au/Ton, 2.13 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 60g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Ore Zinc Zinc 6wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF "RICH" ORE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADE FIGURES ARE HIGHEST AND LOWEST RECORDED FROM SAMPLES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL OF 500 FT WITH CROSSCUT DRIFTS; 2 SHAFTS, 175 AND 200 FT. SECOND TUNNEL ABOVE FIRST ONE AND CONNECTED TO IT BY A RAISE; MOST OF THE WORKINGS ARE ON THE COLUMBUS CLAIM

Comments on development

  • 2 CLAIMS; COLUMBUS AND MONROE DOCTRINE; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE J.S. JOHNSON, SWENSON AND KING, J.H. HALL, C.C. ROUSEAU, IDAHO COLUMBUS MINING CO, M. WULFENSTEIN, CERBAT MOUNTAIN MINING; COLUMBUS CLAIM OVERLAPS VANDERBILT CLAIM & VANDERBILT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAURY, P.S., 1947 , EXAMINATION OF ZN-PB MINES IN THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M.R.I. 4101

  • 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. 130

  • Production

    U.S.B.M.R.I. 4101

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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