Bobtail Mine

The Bobtail Mine is a copper, lead, and zinc mine located in Mohave county, Arizona.

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: Bobtail Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Mohave

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper, Lead, Zinc

Lat, Long: 35.33806, -114.13389

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Bobtail Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Bobtail Mine


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Uranium


Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wallapai 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

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Kenneth Kuencer
Years: 1953 -


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: Prominent Shear Down Center Of Vein


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Commodity): NO RADIOACTIVE MINERALS WERE IDENTIFIED, PRESUMED TO BE URANINITE

Comment (Location): ON W FLANKS OF CERBAT MOUNTAINS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Comment (Geology): URANIUM WAS DEPOSITED LATE, FOLLOWING RECURRENT MOVEMENT ALONG FAULT FISSURE


References

Reference (Deposit): HART AND HETLAND, 1953, USAEC RME-4026


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