The Climax Mine is a gold mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,720 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: 3,720 Feet (1,134 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.94333, -114.11056
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Climax Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Climax Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Lost Basin District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Past Producer
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Production): ABOUT 11,000 TONS OF ORE FROM CLIMAX, CYCLOPIC, LILLIAN, & GOLD GR OUPS IN 1940 PRODUCED 204 OZ AG, 459 OZ AU
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030383 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. THIS RECORD ALSO CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000072 OF R.P. FISCHER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): BLACET, 1972, USGS PP 800 A.
Reference (Deposit): BLACET, 1975, USGS OF 75-93.
Reference (Deposit): GALBRAITH, 1941, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 149, P. 64.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): AZ BUR GEOLOGY FILE DATA
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