The Calistoga Mining and Dev.Co is a lead mine located in Graham county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,950 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: 3,950 Feet (1,204 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 32.8725, -110.31420
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Calistoga Mining and Dev.Co MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Calistoga Mining and Dev.Co
Secondary: Patented Claims M S 1760
Secondary: Dogwater and Silver Cable
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Graham
Land Status
Land ownership: Mixed
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: American Zinc, Lead, And Smelting Co.
Info Year: 1928
Owner Name: Aravaipa Leasing Co.
Home Office: Massachusetts
Info Year: 1925
Production
Year: 1920
Description: Copper Concentrates 160 Short Tons
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Deposit): 160 ST OF ORE CONCENTRATES SHIPPED IN 1920. CAVED ADIT WITH OPEN STOPE TO SURFACE, 140 FT OF WORKINGS. ADIT IN GRAND REEF FAULT STRUCTURE TRENDING N. 25 E., NEAR VERTICAL DIP. ALTERED, BRECCIATED, SILICIFIED IGNEOUS ROCK. ORE MINERALS INCLUDE WULFENITE, CERUSSITE, GALENA, ARGENTITE, WITH ABUNDANT FLUORITE IN GANGUE. ABOUT 900 FT NORTH-NORTHWEST OF DOGWATER MINE IS A 42-FT-LONG ADIT IN A MAJOR SHEAR ZONE ORIENTED N. 18 W, DIPPING 84 SW. ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA IS PRESENT IN THE SHEAR. ABOUT 600 FT NORTHEAST OF THE DOGWATER MINE IS A 150-FT-LONG OPEN CUT BETWEEN CONTACT OF RHYOLITE AND GRANITE. GALENA, MALACHITE, AND WULFENITE ARE PRESENT IN A SMALL STOCKPILE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS KLONDYKE QUAD
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 461 GEOLOGY OF THE KLONDYKE QUAD
Reference (Deposit): P 147
Reference (Deposit): ROSS CLYDE P.USGS BULL 763 PP 78-86 1925 P 78-86
Reference (Deposit): ADMR GRAND REEF FILE
Reference (Deposit): AZBM BULL 156 AZ ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS 1950 P 60-62
Reference (Deposit): ADMR DOG WATER AND SILVER CABLE CLAIMS FILE
Reference (Deposit): ADMR F.A.R.MINING RESOURCES FILE
Reference (Deposit): ADMR ARAVAIPA MINING DISTRICT GEOLOGY FILE
Reference (Deposit): ADMR U FILE
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINING DISTRICT SHEET 753
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, S. D., 1993, MINERAL APPRAISAL OF THE CORONADO
Reference (Deposit): NATIONAL FOREST, PART 10, SANTA TERESA MOUNTAINS UNIT,
Reference (Deposit): GRAHAM COUNTY, ARIZONA, 53 P.
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