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Distaff Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  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 10102563
MRDS ID M004157
Record type Site
Current site name Distaff Mine
Related records 10137809

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.18913, 35.41779 (WGS84)
Elevation 1298
Relative position 3/4 MILE EAST OF CHLORIDE , 1 MILE NE OF SILVER HILL

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)

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 023N 018W 03 NE OF NW OF NE Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Proustite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Zone Is 200-250 Ft Deep, Oxidation Of Sulfides Is Only Partial

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 Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.18913, 35.41779
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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
Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Parallels Schistosity Of Host Rock

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 90
    Length 1524M
    Width 0.91M

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
Year of last production 1944
Production years 1901 - 1948

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 80.77M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT OF 265 FT, WITH LEVELS AT 50, 120, 200, AND 250 FT, CONNECTS WITH TUNNEL FROM THE SOUTH AT 150 FT

Comments on development

  • 2 CLAIMS; DISTAFF AND CHESTER (DISTAFF AND DISTAFF EXTENSION IN USGS BULL 397); PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE S.C. VICE, BLACK AND TAYLOR (1941), HUFFMAN AND RAY (1937), C.C. ROASELAU (1935), CHARLES SHERMAN (1921), PHIL SMITH (1920), E.G. PATTERSON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BASTIN, E. S., 1924 , ORIGIN OF CERTAIN RICH SILVER ORES NEAR CHLORIDE AND KINGMAN, ARIZ., U.S.G.S. BULL. 750-B

  • 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. 19

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    TITLEY, 1982, ADVANCES IN GEOLOGY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS, FIGURE 26-4

  • Production

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 PARALLEL FISSURE VEINS BETWEEN AND PARALLEL TO 2 DIKES; WEST VEIN IS THE MOST DEVELOPED; SOME OF THE ORE OCCURS AS SLABS OF NATIVE SILVER WEIGHING AS MUCH AS SEVERAL POUNDS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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