American Molybdenum Mine

The American Molybdenum Mine is a copper and molybdenum mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,881 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: American Molybdenum Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Mohave

Elevation: 3,881 Feet (1,183 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Molybdenum

Lat, Long: 34.82694, -113.78833

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American Molybdenum Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: American Molybdenum Mine
Secondary: Cedar


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum


Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Diamond Joe District


Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: N40w Fault With Sw Side Down


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT TAKEN FROM RECORD M030374 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FI LE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT


References

Reference (Deposit): WICKES, 1917, MIN. SCI. PRESS, V. 114, P. 699-700.

Reference (Deposit): BERGER, 1938, MIN JOUR V. 22, NO. 6, P. 4,5,32

Reference (Deposit): DEPT MIN RES, 1962, AZ. DEPT MIN RES, PHOENIX

Reference (Deposit): MALACH, 1977, MOHAVE CO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, KINGMAN, AZ


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