The New Tennessee Mine is a copper, lead, and zinc mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,321 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
Elevation: 4,321 Feet (1,317 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 35.41278, -114.18167
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New Tennessee Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New Tennessee Mine
Secondary: Bryan Claim
Secondary: Oversight Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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 Regio Nally
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M004153 WITH RE CORD M030380 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON P.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET
References
Reference (Deposit): DINGS, 1951, USGS BULL 978-E
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