The Distaff Mine is a silver mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,259 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: 4,259 Feet (1,298 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 35.41778, -114.18833
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Distaff Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Distaff Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wallapai District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1944
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: R
Description: Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally
Type: L
Description: Vein Parallels Schistosity Of Host Rock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Zone Is 200-250 Ft Deep, Oxidation Of Sulfides Is Only Partial
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Proustite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 3 PARALLEL FISSURE VEINS BETWEEN AND PARALLEL TO 2 DIKES; WEST VEIN IS THE MOST DEVELOPED; SOME OF THE ORE OCCURS AS SLABS OF NATIVE SILVER WEIGHING AS MUCH AS SEVERAL POUNDS
Comment (Workings): SHAFT OF 265 FT, WITH LEVELS AT 50, 120, 200, AND 250 FT, CONNECTS WITH TUNNEL FROM THE SOUTH AT 150 FT
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET
Comment (Development): 2 CLAIMS; DISTAFF AND CHESTER (DISTAFF AND DISTAFF EXTENSION IN USGS BULL 397); PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE S.C. VICE, BLACK AND TAYLOR (1941), HUFFMAN AND RAY (1937), C.C. ROASELAU (1935), CHARLES SHERMAN (1921), PHIL SMITH (1920), E.G. PATTERSON
References
Reference (Deposit): BASTIN, E. S., 1924 , ORIGIN OF CERTAIN RICH SILVER ORES NEAR CHLORIDE AND KINGMAN, ARIZ., U.S.G.S. BULL. 750-B
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. 19
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): TITLEY, 1982, ADVANCES IN GEOLOGY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS, FIGURE 26-4
Reference (Production): U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E
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