Latitude: 35°19'48"N
Longitude: 114°7'59"W
‡Ref.: The Resources of Arizona - A Manual of Reliable Information Concerning the Territory, compiled by Patrick Hamilton (1881), Scottsdale, AZ: 67; The History of Arizona, Chap. X: 78; Schrader, F.C. (1909), Mineral deposits of the Cerbat Range, Black Mountains, and the Grand Wash Cliffs, Mohave County, Arizona: USGS Bull. 397: 100-101; Elsing, M.J. & R.E.S. Heineman (1936), Arizona metal production, AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 140: 95; Wilson, E.D., et al (1934), AZ Bur. of Mines Bull. 137: 114; AZ Dept. Min. Resources (ADMR) Mohave card file; AZ Dept. Min. Resources (ADMR) Oro Plata Mine file; AZ Dept. Min. Resources (ADMR) Mohave Custom Mill proj. card file; MRDS file #10210619.
A former underground Ag-Au-Pb-Zn-U-Cu-Pyrite mine located about 2½ miles North of Cerbat and about 4 miles South of Mineral Park, at about 4,300 feet of altitude. Started in theearly 1870's. Reopened 1896-1901. Originally owned by Messrs. Cody & J.P. Layne; then H. Wilson after 1882, and by J.W. Garret after 1895 until purchased by the Oro Plata Mining Co. about 1906.
Mineralization is an approximate 4 foot wide vein that strikes N.55ºW. and dips 80º NE. Ore occurs mainly in banded quartz.
Workings include a tunnel 100 feet long, several drifts and shafts, adits and stopes aggregating about 7,000 feet of workings. Produced some 2,527 tons of ore (1896-1901).
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