The Antler Mine is a copper and zinc mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,199 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Zinc
Lat, Long: 34.86667, -113.86667
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Antler Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Antler Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Cedar Valley
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Standard Metals Corp.
Years: 1987 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1953
Discovery Year: 1879
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Chalcanthite
Ore: Marmatite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Mica
Gangue: Anthophyllite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ROOF PENDENT OF SCHIST.
Comment (Workings): GOPHERING, OPEN STOPING.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1992)
References
Reference (Deposit): SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P
Reference (Production): SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.
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