The Telluride Chief Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 35.10917, -113.81083
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Telluride Chief Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Telluride Chief Mine
Secondary: Standard Minerals
Secondary: Telluride 1-9
Secondary: Gold Mountain
Secondary: Garnier No. 1
Secondary: Si Lver Hill
Secondary: Helen
Secondary: Madolini & Margarent
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Maynard District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Mrs. Evelyn Mayers
Home Office: Kingman, Az.
Years: 1953 -
Production
Year: 1937
Time Period: 1930-1937
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Extensive Fissures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Iron Stained Outcrops And Coarse Flaky Sericitic Alteration
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 68.000000+-
Age Young: Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY 1% WO3, 1950'S.
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Huebnerite
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD D000781 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. THIS RECORD ALSO CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORDS D000325 OF R.U. KING AND M003914 OF K.H. JOHNSON WHICH HAVE BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Workings): THE MINE HAD A 450 FT SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 200, 300, AND 400 FT. SEVERAL MILLS WERE BUILT AND OPERATED FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME
Comment (Geology): TUNGSTEN MINERALS OCCUR IN BOTH VEIN SYSTEMS BUT ARE MOST ABUNDANT NEAR INTERSECTIONS OF NW AND NE VEINS. HOST ALSO REPORTED AS GRANITE OF PREC AGE.
Comment (Production): 7 CARLOADS SHIPPED IN 1939 TO A SMELTER WHICH PAID $42.50/T FOR AU , AG, CU ORE AND 1% W AND MO. SOME AU-AG-CU ORE SHIPPED 1935-1941.
Comment (Development): WALTER MEYER WAS OWNER/OPERATOR 1935-1937
References
Reference (Deposit): DALE, 1961, USBM IC 8078.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN RES, 1962, PHOENIX.
Reference (Deposit): MALACH, 1977, MOHAVE CO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, KINGMAN.
Reference (Production): ABM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1941, ABM BULL 148.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): KING, R.U., 1974, UNPUB. DATA.
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