The O.K. Mine is a gold mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,638 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: 3,638 Feet (1,109 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.79167, -114.21583
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O.K. Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: O.K. Mine
Secondary: O.K. Claims
Secondary: Ok Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Gold Basin 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: Arizona-Minnesota Gold Mining Co.
Home Office: Minneapolis, Mn.
Years: 1909 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1882
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: L
Description: Foliation In Granite Vertical Striking N30e
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: IN 1909 AVG $10/T AU
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Siderite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED WALTER FLECK, BARKLEY, SKOGLIE, JOHN LARLOW, MALCO GOLD MINING CO, C.L. FLECK, BEN F. GRIFFITH.
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH CRET. MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ VEINS.
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ MONZONITE, APLITE AND PEGMATITE ARE 2 MILES AWAY FROM DEPOSIT. MOLYBDENITE IS ASSOCIATED WITH GALENA AND WOLFRAMITE.
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M004093 WITH RECORD D000780 OF JAN WILT AND J.E. ELLIOTT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): E SIDE OF WHITE HILLS.
Comment (Production): ITEM 16: INCLUDES ORE FROM O.K. AND EXCELSIOR MINES AND O.K. MILLSITE.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1909, USGS BULL 397.
Reference (Deposit): ELSING & HEINEMAN, 1936, ABM BULL 140.
Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F., AND HILL, J., SOME OCCURRENCES OF MULYBDENITE IN SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MTNS., ARIZ.: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 430.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE US: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP MR-25.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): SCHRADER, 1909; AZ BU MINES FILE DATA
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