The Alpha Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,079 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: 5,079 Feet (1,548 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 35.3375, -114.12389
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Alpha Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alpha Mine
Secondary: Summit Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
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
Not available
Production
Year: 1945
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^3.94 % Pb, 5.05 % Zn, 0.50 % Cu, 0.07 Oz Au/Ton, 7.30 Oz Ag/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
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
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally
Type: L
Description: Schistosity Trends About N 30 E
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Argentite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ASSAY FIGURES ARE HIGHEST AND LOWEST DETERMINED FROM SAMPLES
Comment (Location): TWO ADITS AND SHAFT INDICATED ON MAP
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FOR 1940'S FOR ALPHA MINE MAY HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN TOTALS FOR SUMMIT MINE FOR THOSE YEARS WHERE RALPH R. LANGLEY WAS OPERATOR
Comment (Development): 4 CLAIMS; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE E.M. LEONARD, ALPHA KEYSTONE (1938), DALE SANDISON, FERGUSON BROTHERS, REARDON, CAROLINE DANIELS MOORE (1946), R.R. LANGLEY (1946), PETER COOPER, OSCAR F. DENNIS, MRS. SMITH (1909)
Comment (Workings): 2 TUNNELS, 1200 FT AND 400 FT LONG; 4 LARGE STOPES; 1 RAISE OF 300 FT CONNECTING THE TUNNELS AND SURFACE
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET
Comment (Deposit): RECORD # D002361 BY J. WILLIAM HASLER HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S OR 1870'S
References
Reference (Deposit): DINGS, M. G., 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., 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 (ALPHA; CASHIER)
Reference (Production): U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E; U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101
Reference (Reserve-Resource): U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101
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