Climax Mine

The Climax Mine is a tungsten mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,799 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

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Site Name

Primary: Climax Mine

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Beryllium

Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: White Picacho 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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: James Kaler
Years: 1953 -

Production

Year: 1942
Material type: CONC
Description: Ap_Grade: ^50 % Wo3
Year: 1942
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^1.1 % Wo3

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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

Form: LENTICULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Schist Strikes E With N Dip, Cross Fractures Also Are Mineralized.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Sericitic

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Workings): CHIEF WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO OPEN CUTS 50 FT LONG, A FEW SHALLOW ROSPECT PITS AND AN ADIT OF 110 FT WHICH DID NOT CUT THE MINERALIZED ZONE WORKED ON THE SURFACE

Comment (Development): TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS ORIGINALLY LOCATED BY M. PACHAN AND D.J. MCMILLAN

References

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078 , P. 38

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, ABM BULLETIN 148, P. 24.

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