Mccracken Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Calcium, Gold, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258957
MRDS ID M001839
MAS/MILS ID 0040150627
Record type Site
Current site name Mccracken Mine
Alternate or previous names Blacksmith Tunnel, Alta, Senator-Signal, Atlanta
Related records 10027059

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.77438, 34.44034 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCracken Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(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)

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 013 N 015 W 25 NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Calcium Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.77438, 34.44034

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Magnum Consolidated M. C.
    Home office Canada
    Year 1968
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ben Griffith
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS 15 CASTANEDA HILLS MAP

  • Deposit

    ADMR MOHAVE COUNTY CARD FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR MCCRACKEN MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    AZ.B.M.BULL.#180,P193,260

  • Deposit

    AZ.B.M.BULL #140,P96

  • Deposit

    HINTON,HANDBOOK TO ARIZONA,P96

  • Deposit

    ELEVASTORSKI,E.A, AZ,INDUSTRIAL MIN.RPT#2,P40

  • Deposit

    MOHAVE CUSTOM MILL PROJ. CARD FILE

  • Deposit

    MCCUTCHAN,V.C, AZ. STATE MINE INSP.ANNUAL RPT.1970,P15

  • Deposit

    HEWETT,D.F, ET AL,USGS BULL 871,P17

  • Deposit

    BANCROFT,H,USGS BULL 451,P123-126

  • Deposit

    MOORE,R,&ROSEVENARE G,AZ.B.M.#180,P255

  • Deposit

    THEOBALD,P.K, USGS 1071-A,P106

  • Deposit

    ELSING,M, & HEINEMAN,R, AZ.B.M #140,P96

  • Deposit

    HERSEY,R, AZ.STATE MINE INSP.ANNUAL RPT,1960,P6

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.