Best Bet Mine (Mohave Metals Mine; Kempf property; Kampff Mine; Gold Knob group; Ida Mae group), Chemehuevis District, Mohave Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA
Latitude: 35°3'23"N
Longitude: 113°50'35"W
‡Ref.: Wilson, E.D., et al (1934), Arizona lode gold mines and gold mining, Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 137: 116.
Malach Mohave County Mines (1977): 33.
Niemuth, N.J. & K.A. Phillips (1992), Copper Oxide Resources, Arizona Department of Mines & Mineral Resources Open File Rept. 92-10: 10 (Table 1).
USGS 15 minute Topock topo. map.
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources (ADMR) Best Bet Mine - mine file, map.
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources (ADMR) Kampff file.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10027077; and, Dep. ID #10186139; and, Dep. ID #10186452; and, Dep. ID #10137443.
A former surface and underground Au-Ag-Zn-Cu-Pb mine located in the SE¼ sec. 28, T.19N., R.20W. (Oatman 7.5 minute topo map, in the SW portion of the Mohave Mountains, about 55 road miles from Topock. Owned by A. Kempf.
NOTE: Conflicting locality data in the AZ Dept. Min. Resources (ADMR) Best Bet Mine file. MRDS file #10137443 gives: 35.00140; -114.41170; MRDS file #10027077 gives: 35.05750; -113.83583; and MRDS fle #10186139 gives: 34.55250; -114.25190.
A few veins that strike northeastward, transverse to the schistosity, and dip steeply southeastward. Widths vary from less than 1 inch up to 1½ feet (.5 meters), and average a few inches. Mined portion of the principal vein was 30 inches wide. Mineralization includes secondary copper minerals.
Workings include several shallow shafts and short tunnels.
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