The C.O.D. Mine is a silver, gold, and lead mine located in Mohave county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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C.O.D. Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: C.O.D. Mine
Secondary: Rico
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wallapai 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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mrs. Nelle Clack (Estate) And Partners
Years: 1976 -
Owner Name: C. O. D. Alanco, Ltd.
Years: 1988 -
Production
Year: 1948
Time Period: 1901 - 1948
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^160 Toz Ag/Ton
Year: 1948
Time Period: 1901 - 1948
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2 Toz Au/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Hydrothermal Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1974
Discovery Year: 1878
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
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: LENSES AND SHOOTS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally
Type: L
Description: Jointing And Schistosity Trends N 20 W, 90 ; With Secondary Joints: N 70 W, 80 S, Associated With The Ore Vein.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT WITH DRIFTS AND STOPES, TWO OTHER SHORTER SHAFTS 375 AND 60 FT. MINED BY SHRINKAGE STOPE.
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN CUTS THE PROPHYRITIC GRANITE AND BASALT DIKES, BOTH OF WHICH ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CHLORITE SCHISTS.
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET.
Comment (Development): CONSISTS OF 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE FLETCHER MINING CO (1902), TAGGART MERCANTILE AND MINING CO, H.S. MULCAY, GERRY HAYNES, C.O.D. MINES, INC, C.O.D. MINING CO (1911), J.J. PERT (1926), J.J. PEARL (1927), JOHN OSTERMAN (1940), R.P.M. DAVIS, KINGMAN SILVER MINING CO (1970), MRS. CLACK (1970)
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1992)
References
Reference (Deposit): DINGS, M.G., 1951, THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS BULL 978-E.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1909, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS BULL 397.
Reference (Deposit): PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 TO 1956: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, RME-15 , JUNE 1970, P. 25.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 340, P. 69.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
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 (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): U.S.G.S. BULL'S. 397 , 978E; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.
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