Twentieth Century Mine

Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Indium, Arsenic
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109064
MRDS ID M004196
Record type Site
Current site name Twentieth Century Mine
Related records 10138033

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.17913, 35.38752 (WGS84)
Elevation 1256
Relative position 2 MILES SE OF CHLORIDE, ABOUT 2.5 MILES SW OF CHERUM PEAK.

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)

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 14 SE OF NW OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :01, 49?

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Indium Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

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 Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.17913, 35.38752

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 W
    Dip 86 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Indium Corp. Of America
    First year 1965

Comments on the workings information

  • 300 FT DEEP SHAFT; 260 FT OF DRIFTS AT 100, 200, 300 FT LEVELS

Comments on development

  • 9 PATENTED CLAIMS; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE GEORGE A. BEEBE, WILLIAM S. MURPHY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DINGS, M.G., 1951, THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E.

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 TO 1956: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, RME -158, 1970, P. 73.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 22-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.