The Democrat Mine is a copper, silver, gold, and arsenic mine located in Mohave 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: Copper, Silver, Gold, Arsenic
Lat, Long: 35.04389, -113.81917
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Democrat Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Democrat Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Maynard 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: Mrs Sylvia Vukoye
Years: 1953 -
Owner Name: Dick Hart, Adrion Skinner, And Scott Ellis (Sevier Minerals)
Years: 1953 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1953
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization, Sericitization, Kaolinization
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR CREST OF HUALAPAI MOUNTAINS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
References
Reference (Deposit): HART & HETLAND, 1953, USAEC RME-4026
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