Mine detail: Midnight Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.39224, -114.18524

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Silver, Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc, Molybdenum
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1866

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1901 - 1948

Geology

Host type:	Granite
Associated rock:	Ithaca Peak Granite
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Granite And Diabase Dikes, Nw Trending Joint System

References

MRDS	M004168
DEP	10027818
Reference	{Deposit:: DINGS, M.G., 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:: PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 TO 1956, U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, RME-158, JUNE 1970, P. 13.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 340, 1907, P. 64-65.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: U.S.G.S. BULL. 978 - E, P. 397.}
Reporter	Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)