The Kaaba Mine is a lead, gold, and silver mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,901 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: 3,901 Feet (1,189 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 35.09194, -113.72306
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Kaaba Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kaaba Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Maynard 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
Not available
Production
Year: 1936
Time Period: 1935-1936
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.07% Pb, 0.003% Cu, 0.082 Oz/T Ag, 0.109 Oz/T Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1926
Year Last Production: 1936
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): AGE OF MINERALIZATION UNKNOWN; MINE IN ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS OF HUALA PAI MOUNTAINS
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030378 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Workings): KAABA MINING AND MILLING CO. OPERATED A PILOT MILL FOR THE ORE TH AT CONTAINED VANADATE OF LEAD RICH IN GOLD. LATER HAD A 125 TON FLOATA TION PLANT. THERE ARE 2 SHAFTS, 800 FT AND 1600 FT
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED CALIFORNIA VANADIUM, KAABA MINING & MILLING CO
Comment (Reserve-Resource): IN 1942 NO VANADIUM WAS LEFT OTHER THAN SMALL PILLARS
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Production): MINE HAD LIMITED PRODUCTION OF VANADIUM FROM 1916-1918
References
Reference (Deposit): MALACH, 1977, MOHAVE CO. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, KINGMAN
Reference (Deposit): AZ BUR GEOL & MIN TECH FILE DATA
Reference (Production): MALACH, 1977, P. 237
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MALACH, 1977, P. 23
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