The Bobtail Mine is a copper, lead, and zinc mine located in Mohave county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Bobtail Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bobtail Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wallapai 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Kenneth Kuencer
Years: 1953 -
Production
Not available
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Prominent Shear Down Center Of Vein
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): NO RADIOACTIVE MINERALS WERE IDENTIFIED, PRESUMED TO BE URANINITE
Comment (Location): ON W FLANKS OF CERBAT MOUNTAINS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Geology): URANIUM WAS DEPOSITED LATE, FOLLOWING RECURRENT MOVEMENT ALONG FAULT FISSURE
References
Reference (Deposit): HART AND HETLAND, 1953, USAEC RME-4026
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