American Flag Mine

The American Flag Mine is a antimony and silver mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,000 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: American Flag Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Mohave

Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)

Commodity: Antimony, Silver

Lat, Long: 35.08639, -113.83778

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American Flag Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: American Flag Mine


Commodity

Primary: Antimony
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum


Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Maynard 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
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: L
Description: Brecciated Zone & Vertical Fractures


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Potassic, Sericitic, Argyllic, Propyllitic, Pyrite Halo


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS INDEFINITE

Comment (Production): ITEM 8 IS FROM USGS BULL. 397 , ITEMS 8 AND 9 ARE FROM ABM BULL. 140 .


References

Reference (Production): USGS BULL. 397 , P. 140 ; ARIZ. BUREAU MINES BULL. 140 , P. 96

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F. C., 1909 , MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 397 , P. 140

Reference (Deposit): ELSING, M. J. AND HEINEMAN, R. E., 1936 , ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140 , P. 96


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