De La Fontaine Mine

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

Name: De La Fontaine Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Mohave

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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