The Midnight Mine is a copper mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,960 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: 3,960 Feet (1,207 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 35.39222, -114.18444
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Midnight Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Midnight Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
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
Owner Name: Jim Bock
Years: 1981 -
Production
Year: 1948
Time Period: 1901 - 1948
Material type: CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4.5 % Cu
Year: 1948
Time Period: 1901 - 1948
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^66 Oz. Ag/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1866
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: Granite And Diabase Dikes, Nw Trending Joint System
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE HEIMRODS, MCDUFFEE AND GILLELAND, DARIUS BROWN, ROBERT GIBSON, JAMES BOYD, JOHN ST. CHARLES, KEENE ST. CHARLES, ANDE BROWN, HOLMES, W.C. BABCOCK, MIDNIGHT MOHAVE MINING CO. 7 PATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Deposit): WIDTH INDICATES DEPOSIT MAY BE LODE.
Comment (Workings): 300 FT SHAFT WITH CROSSCUTS AT 200 AND 300 FT, CAVED
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): PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 TO 1956, U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, RME-158, JUNE 1970, P. 13.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 340, 1907, P. 64-65.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): U.S.G.S. BULL. 978 - E, P. 397.
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