The Rawhide Mine is a lead and copper mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 34.29889, -113.65972
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Rawhide Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rawhide Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Rawhide 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
Owner Name: Stacy, Charles And Elwood
Home Office: Wickenberg, Az.
Years: 1981 -
Production
Year: 1958
Time Period: 1940-1958
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.8% Cu, 20.35% Pb, 1.84% Zn, 11.68 Oz/T Ag, 0.035 Oz/T Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1921
Year Last Production: 1958
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Dioptase
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Shattuckite
Comments
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED E.H. SLOAN, CLYDE C. COPER, R. WILLIAMS, T. HI LL
Comment (Workings): ADIT INTO HILL A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET
Comment (Geology): PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE THRUST OVER PREC GNEISS IN MINE AREA. MYLONITI C FABRIC IN LOWER PLATE, CATACLASTIC DEFORMATION IN UPPER PLATE; MINER ALIZATION RELATED TO THRUST FAULTING; OVERLYING CHAPIN WASH FORMATION STRIKES NW, DIPS 30-50 SW.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030385 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE; CONTACT PERSON T. G. THEODORE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): AZ BUR GEOL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): HEAD, 1941, USBM RI 3560
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