The Mccracken Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,199 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: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 34.44139, -113.77500
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Mccracken Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mccracken Mine
Secondary: Mccracken Lead Mine
Secondary: Signal-Senator
Secondary: Blacksmith Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Mccracken 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Magnum Consolidated Co.
Years: 1967 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Year Last Production: 1960
Discovery Year: 1874
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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
Form: TABULAR LEDGES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Complex Faulting Of Tertiary Volcanic Rocks Against Precambrian Granitic Rocks. Flows Also Overlie Precambrian Rocks South Of Mccracken Peak
Type: L
Description: Jointing Perpindicular And Parallel To Vein
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Little Alteration, Fresh
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2.6 , 2.8 AND 11.56 OZ. AG/TON
Analytical Data: ASSAY: TRACES PB, AU
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Dolomite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES INCLUDE OPEN PIT AND UNDERGROUND RESERVES.
Comment (Development): 10 CLAIMS IN 1962 INCLUDED THE ALTA, ATLANTA, SENATOR, SIGNAL, AND SILVER LEAD CLAIMS. OPERATORS INCLUDED: MCCORMICK SILVER LEAD, MCCRACKEN MOUNTAIN MINING CO., SIGNAL MINES CO., BEN GRIFFITH, W.W. THOMAS, ARIVADA DEVELOPMENT CO., 196 .
Comment (Deposit): 4 PROMINENT VEINS, ALL N-S STRIKE. 2 VEINS WORKED. WIDTH VARIES FROM 6 TO 30 FT.
Comment (Workings): 20 FOOT DEEP OPENCUTS.MAIN SHAFT HAS LEVELS AT 50, 100, 250 AND 400 FT., AND IS 600 FT. DEEP ON A 70-DEGREE INCLINE. WORKINGS ALSO INCLUDE SHAFT AND 2 LEVELS ON TOP OF MCCRACKEN PEAK
Comment (Geology): FAULTS OF MINOR DISPLACEMENT THROUGHOUT AREA, E-W JOINTING.
References
Reference (Deposit): NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 140 , P. 96.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NIEMUTH, 1987.
Reference (Deposit): BANCROFT, H., 1911, RECONNAISSANCE OF THE ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 451, P. 123-6.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR MCCRACKEN MINE FILE.
Reference (Deposit): SUNEJON, N.H., 1980, THE ORIGIN OF BIMODAL VOLCANISM, WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA: PH.D THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
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