The Twentieth Century Mine is a zinc mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,121 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,121 Feet (1,256 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 35.3875, -114.17833
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Twentieth Century Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Twentieth Century Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Indium
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wallapai District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Indium Corp. Of America
Years: 1965 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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: 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: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Development): 9 PATENTED CLAIMS; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE GEORGE A. BEEBE, WILLIAM S. MURPHY
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :01, 49?
Comment (Workings): 300 FT DEEP SHAFT; 260 FT OF DRIFTS AT 100, 200, 300 FT LEVELS
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET.
References
Reference (Deposit): PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 TO 1956: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, RME -158, 1970, P. 73.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): DINGS, M.G., 1951, THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E.
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