The Minnesota - Conner Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,400 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: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 35.40333, -114.17389
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Minnesota - Conner Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Minnesota - Conner Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wallapai 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1948
Discovery Year: 1885
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 Regionally
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
Comment (Workings): 4 SHAFTS WITH 4 LEVELS, ALL INTERCONNECTED
Comment (Development): 2 CLAIMS: MINNESOTA AND CONNER; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERTAORS INCLUDE PHILADELPHIA AND ARIZONA MINING CO, JOHN BARRY, KELLY AND MCKENNON, LEHIGH-ARIZONA MINING CO, HUFFMAN AND RAE, TOM RICE, RELORD, MINNESOTA-CONNER MINING AND MILLING, R.D. AEIGLER, P.S. VIRGIN, FRED RUINNIGER, LINDSEY AND TILLINGS
References
Reference (Production): U.S.G.S. BULL. 978 - E
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): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
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