O.K. Mine

The O.K. Mine is a gold mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,638 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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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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