Mine detail: De La Fontaine Mine

Previously called '4 Claims: De La FontaineHopeEmmaHenrietta'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.31808, -114.11469

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Zinc
Secondary: Copper, Gold, Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic, Uranium
Ore: Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Uraninite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1947
First production started: 1915
Last production ended: 1955

Geology

Host type:Schist,Gneiss,Granite
Associated type:Granite
Structure:Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally

References

MRDSM003984
DEP10027729
Reference{Deposit:: DINGS, M.C., 1951, THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E.}{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.}{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.}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: HART & HETLAND, 1953, USAEC RME-4026.}{Deposit:: NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101}{Reserve-Resource:: U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101; NIEMUTH, 1987.}
ReporterJohnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Orris, Greta J.