The Great Southern Mine is a lead, molybdenum, and silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona.
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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:
Commodity: Lead, Molybdenum, Silver
Lat, Long: 33.99889, -112.59944
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Great Southern Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Great Southern Mine
Secondary: Great Eastern Claim
Secondary: Rattler Group
Secondary: Kilroy
Secondary: Hogan
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Blue Tank 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
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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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
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $22.50/TON (1923)
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964
Comment (Deposit): PHILLIPS REPORTS THAT MINERALIZATION IS IN A BRECCIATED DIKE.
Comment (Workings): 130 FT SHAFT ON GREAT EASTERN VEIN IN 1921, 65 FT SHAFT ON RATTLE R NO. 2 WITH 18 FT CROSSCUT
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030502 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): RED PICACHO TOPO SHEET.
Reference (Deposit): SPECIMEN IN COLLECTION OF STANLEY B. KEITH 2/11/80.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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