Golconda Mine (Prosperity Mine; Golconda & Tub Mines; Tub Mine; North Stockton Hill Oro Golconda Mine; Blackfoot Mine), Cerbat, Cerbat District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

Latitude: 35°19'27"N
Longitude: 114°7'40"W

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‡Ref.: Schrader, F.C. (1909), Mineral deposits of the Cerbat Range, Black Mountains, and the Grand Wash Cliffs, Mohave County, Arizona: USGS Bull. 397: 100, 102; USGS Bull. 978-E (1951): 147, 153-154; AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 156 (1950); Willis, C. (1920), AZ Mining Jour., Aug 1920: 13; US Atomic Energy Comm. Mohave County Prelim. Reconn. Rept. 172.485: 120; Haury, P.S. (1947), Examination of Zn-Pb mines in the Wallapai Mining District, Mohave County, Arizona, US Bur. Mines Rept. of Invest. 4101: 32; Elsing, M.J. & R.E.S. Heineman (1936), Arizona metal production, AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 140: 95; Hart & Hetland (1953), US Atomic Energy Comm. RME-4026; Evaluation of the Mineral Resources of Hualapai Indians, Vol. 1 (1964); Dings, M.G. (1951), The Wallapai Mining District, Cerbat Mts, Mohave County, Arizona, USGS Bull. 978-E: 147; AZ Dept. Min. Resources file data; AZ Bur. Geol. Min. Tech - US Bur. Mines file data; MRDS files #10046348, 10186786, 10234353, 10259136 & 10186759; AZ Dept. Min. Resources (ADMR) Mohave Custom Mill proj. card file; AZ Dept. Min. Resources (ADMR) Mohave card file; Yale Peabody GNIS database (NOTE: this database is derived from USGS 1:24,000 topographic map data).

A former underground Zn-Cu-Au-Ag-Pb-U mine. Closed in 1957.

Mineralization is a vein deposit.Orebody is lenses.Ore control was veins associated with rhyolite dikes. Kofa volcanics s an associated rock unit. Structure is schistosity in Precambrian rocks striking N30ºE, with veins and fissures striking NW to NW.

Mineral List

Arsenopyrite
Calcite
Chalcocite

Chalcopyrite
Covellite
Galena

Muscovite
var: Sericite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite

Quartz
Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

12 entries listed. 11 valid minerals.

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