The Great Eastern Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Mohave county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Great Eastern Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Great Eastern Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Maynard District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Potassic, Sericitic, Argillic, Propyllitic, Pyrite Halo
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Galena
Ore: Copper
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): UNKNOWN PRODUCTION
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS INDEFINITE
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F. C., 1909 , MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 397 , P. 140
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