The De La Fontaine Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,098 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: 5,098 Feet (1,554 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 35.31806, -114.11389
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De La Fontaine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: De La Fontaine Mine
Secondary: 4 Claims: De La Fontaine
Secondary: Hope
Secondary: Emma
Secondary: Henrietta
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wallapai District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Clack
Years: 1967 -
Owner Name: Gamin Resources
Home Office: British Columbia
Years: 1986 -
Production
Year: 1947
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^14 % Pb, 28 % Zn, 0.02 Oz Au/Ton, 2.0 Oz Ag/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Year Last Production: 1955
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: R
Description: Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 400 FT SHAFT WITH DRIFTING AT 2 LEVELS.
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET.
Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE STOCKTON HILL MINING CO (1909) (ALSO OWNER OF THE CUPEL MINE), SMITH AND RETRON, A.W. SMITH (1948), FONTAINE-CUPEL, URANIUM CO, L.H. DICKENS (1943), FARLEY, THOMAS, AND STEVENS (1947), L.M. DICKENS (1947) , C. A. & R. MINES INC. 1984-86: MAPPING AND SAMPLING OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS BY GAMIN RESOURCES.
References
Reference (Deposit): DINGS, M.C., 1951, THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1909, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 397.
Reference (Deposit): HAURY, P.S., 1947, EXAMINATION OF ZN-PB MINES IN THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): HART & HETLAND, 1953, USAEC RME-4026.
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): U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101
Reference (Reserve-Resource): U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101; NIEMUTH, 1987.
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