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Fountain Head

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186157
MRDS ID M003978
MAS/MILS ID 0040150495
Record type Site
Current site name Fountain Head
Alternate or previous names Bevis Group, Banner
Related records 10027726

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.1091, 35.32222 (WGS84)
Elevation 1487
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockton Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(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 022 N 017 W 04 SE Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.1091, 35.32222
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35W
    Dip 90N
    Length 183M
    Width 9M
    Depth to top 61M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Strike And Dip N35W:90N
    Date of Last Modification 910905

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wallapai

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Harrison Mining
    Year 1987

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMR MOHAVE CARD FILE

  • Deposit

    NEALE,W.,MINES HANDBOOK,VOL.XVII,1926,P345

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALSO UNDER USGS MRDS ID NO. D003270.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-SEP-91 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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