The Lone Jack - Blackfoot Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,121 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: 4,121 Feet (1,256 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 35.39778, -114.17944
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Lone Jack - Blackfoot Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lone Jack - Blackfoot Mine
Secondary: Goldback
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
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
Year: 1946
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^4.35 % Pb, 5.39 % Zn, 0.23 % Cu, 0.19 Oz Au/Ton, 2.75 Oz Ag/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Year Last Production: 1947
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
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS RICHER ON BLACKFOOT CLAIM
Comment (Production): 1946 FIGURES ARE FROM U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101
Comment (Development): 2 CLAIMS: BLACKFOOT AND GOLDBACK (OR LONE JACK); PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE UNION BASIN MINING, MCNEELY AND BROWN, HARRY LENNOX, BELDING AND PRICE, ROAD AND HOWE, LENON, HUGHS, SNYDER
Comment (Workings): ON LONE JACK CLAIM: 150 FT SHAFT WITH 250 FT OF DRIFTING AND 200 FT TUNNEL; ON BLACKFOOT CLAIM: INCLINED SHAFT 200 FT DEEP WITH 125 FT OF DRIFTING
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET
References
Reference (Deposit): DINGS, M.C., 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 - 1958 ; U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, RME - 158 , JUNE 1970 , P. 13
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA'
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA
Reference (Production): U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E; U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101
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
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