The Columbus Mine is a silver mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,177 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: 4,177 Feet (1,273 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 35.31, -114.13806
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Columbus Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Columbus Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wallapai 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: 1946
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.59 % Pb, 6.47 % Zn, 0.085 % Cu, 0.046 Oz Au/Ton, 2.13 Oz Ag/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1962
Discovery Year: 1875
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
Form: SHOOTS, LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL OF 500 FT WITH CROSSCUT DRIFTS; 2 SHAFTS, 175 AND 200 FT. SECOND TUNNEL ABOVE FIRST ONE AND CONNECTED TO IT BY A RAISE; MOST OF THE WORKINGS ARE ON THE COLUMBUS CLAIM
Comment (Reserve-Resource): GRADE FIGURES ARE HIGHEST AND LOWEST RECORDED FROM SAMPLES
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S
Comment (Production): SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF "RICH" ORE
Comment (Development): 2 CLAIMS; COLUMBUS AND MONROE DOCTRINE; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE J.S. JOHNSON, SWENSON AND KING, J.H. HALL, C.C. ROUSEAU, IDAHO COLUMBUS MINING CO, M. WULFENSTEIN, CERBAT MOUNTAIN MINING; COLUMBUS CLAIM OVERLAPS VANDERBILT CLAIM & VANDERBILT SHAFT
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET
References
Reference (Deposit): HAURY, P.S., 1947 , EXAMINATION OF ZN-PB MINES IN THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M.R.I. 4101
Reference (Deposit): DINGS, M.G., 1951 , THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1909 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 397
Reference (Deposit): PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 TO 1956 ; U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, RME-158 , JUNE 1970 , P. 130
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M.R.I. 4101
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