UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF MINES Mineral investigation of a Crossman Peak Wilderness Study Area, Mohave County, Arizona: U.S. Bureau of Mines Mineral Land Assessment MLA 82-83 1983 By Light, T.D., and McDonnel, J.R., Jr., This open file report summarizes the results of a Bureau of Mines wilderness study and will be incorporated in a joint report with the U.S. Geological Survey. The report is preliminary and has not been edited or reviewed for conformity with the U.S. Bureau of Mines editorial standards. Work on this study was conduced by personnel from Intermountain Field Operations Center, Building 20, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225. i ~l17¸ ¸ :/ UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF MINES i ii:![1 MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE CROSSMAN PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA I. ill. il, By Thomas D. Light and John R. McDonnell, Jr. MLA 82-83 1983 :l This open file report summarizes the results of a Bureau of Mines wilderness study and will be incorporated in a joint report with the U.S. I, Geological Survey. The report is preliminary and has not been edited or reviewed for conformity with the U.S. Bureau of Mines editorial standards. Work I on this study was conducted by personnel from Intermountaln Field Operations Center, Building 20, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225. ' 1 I STUDIES RELATED TO WILDERNESS Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Study Areas I The Federal Land Policy and Management Act (Public Law 94-579, October 21, 1976) requires the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Bureau of Mines I to conduct mineral surveys on certain areas to determine their mineral I resource potential. Results must be made available to the public and be submitted to the President and the Congress. This report presents the results I of a mineral survey of the Crossman Peak Wilderness Study Area, Mohave County, I Arizona. I I iili i~ i I /, l CONTENTS I Page l Introduction ............................................................ 1 Geologic setting ........................................................ 3 I M~ning history and production ........................................... 4 Mines, prospects and ~ineralized areas .................................. 5 l ~uzzy Tail shaf*\teooeoooeeeeeooeloo ooo,ooeeoeeeo Jeee eooeoooooeoooa,o 6 I o,oooo, oeoooooeooeeoooolo.ooooeootleotoo oseoooool VArrastra ~ve'i,i area elet oooooeoot e,eoooooeooeeeoeleeeoeo I Jeoee oooeoeo 9 I Feather Mine ................................................. 15 Mine ...... .; .................................................. I J & J en Gate) Mine ..................................... I ~nset (Lea~d B~u'l~''~::[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[:[[[[[[[: [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ 42 I ...... 42 I :iii ii:ii:iii!:ii!!i!!!i!i!!!!!!iiiiiiiiiiii !! I ~le ~ud ...... 6~ I ter East Min~}~I,°~ ..... [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[:[[[[[[[[[ 62 ~velyn Mine .<~..~.~,~e~.~.~%'~l.~ • ............................... 66 l ~ioneer shaft..~.O~.~.. ~'. ........ 70 I ~upiter M iae.......'~'~ ~ ................................................. ~ ~ ~Lk 81 / L~ '~ ~ '\, .... I ~Pitgsburg Mine.-~'i:,,-0t~..~.... ~." '~'.,j ...... 85 V~I Campo Mine.-~.~.k~.'.'~.................... :ii::ii121:i:211:21:i121195 I ii CONTENTS--Contlnued Mines, prospects, and mineralized areas--Contlnued Page ~anltowoc Mine. ~..~. • .............................................. 95 Miscellaneous workings ............................................ 97 Sec. 6, T. 14 N., R. 18 W ..................................... 97 Sec. 17, T. 14 N., R. 18 W .................................... 100 Sec. 18, T. 14 N., R. 18 W .................................... 100 Sec. 19, T. 14 N., R. 18 W .................................... i00 Sec. 30, T. 14 W., R. 18 W .................................... 105 Sec. 12, T. 14 N., R. 19 W .................................... 105 Sec. 13, T. 14 N., R. 19 W .................................... 105 Sec. 14, T. 14 N., R. 19 W .................................... 109 Sec. 16, T. 14 N., R. 19 W .................................... 112 Sec. 17, T. 14 N., R. 19 W .................................... 112 Sec. 21, T. 14 N., R. 19 W .................................... 115 Sec. 23, T. 14 N., R. 19 W .................................... 115 Sec. 24, T. 14 N., R. 19 W .................................... 115 Sec. 25, T. 14 N., R. 19 W .................................... 120 Sec. 36, T. 15 N., R. 19 W .................................... 125 Conclusions ............................................................ 131 References ................................................ ............. 135 ILLUSTRATIONS Page Plate i. Mine and Prospect map of the Crossman Peak Wilderness at Study Area, Mohave County, Arizona .......................... back EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS FOR MINE AND PROSPECT MAP ....................... 203 tit CONTENTS--Contlnued ILLUSTRATIONS--Continued I Pag e Figure I. Index map of the Crossman Peak Wilderness Study Area, I Mohave County, Arizona ...................................... 2 I EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS FOR FIGURES 2-96 ................................. 7 m Buzzy Tail Shaft ...................................... ' ..... 8 I 3. Adlt, Arrastra Well area .................................... ii 4. Decline shaft, Arrastra Well area ........................... 12 I 5. Trench, Arrastra Well area .................................. 13 I 6. Inclined shaft, Arrastra Well area .......................... 14 7. Adlt and inclined shaft, Green Feather Mine ................. 16 I 8. Surface map, Green Feather Mine ............................. 17 9. Surface map, Wing Mine ...................................... 18 I i0. North adlt, Wing Mine ....................................... 20 II. South adit, Wing Mine ....................................... 21 I 12. Surface map, main J & J Mine workings ....................... 22 i 13a. Plan View, adit and shaft, J & J Mine ....................... 23 13b. Section sketch and plan view of lower level, J & J Mine ..... 24 I 14. Index map, Scotts Well area ................................. 26 15. Geologic map, Scotts Well area .............................. 27 I 16. Workings at Scotts Well ..................................... 28 I 17. Adits west of Scotts Well ................................... 29 18. Lower adit west of Scotts Well .............................. 30 I 19. Upper middle adlt west of Scotts Well ....................... 31 20. Upper adlt west of Scotts Well .............................. 32 I 21. Surface workings above upper adlt west of Scotts Well ....... 33 I iv !I ¸ !ii!!!!ill CONTENTS--Contlnued ILLUSTRATIONS--Continued Page Figure 22. Adlt, Scotts Well area ...................................... 34 23. Adlt, Scotts Well area ...................................... 35 24. Adlt and trench, Scotts Well area ........................... 36 25a&b. Adlts near shaft in drainage, Scotts Well area .............. 37 26. Adit aboye shaft, Scotts Well area .......................... 38 27. Adit, Scotts Well area ...................................... 39 28. Southernmost surface workings, Scotts Well area ............ 40 29. Southernmost adit and pit, Scotts Well area ................ 41 30. Adit and workings in drainage, Sunset Mine area ............ 43 31a& b. Adits, Sunset Mine area .................................... 44 32. Adlt no. i and no. 2, Sunset Mine .......................... 45 33. Index map, Sunrise Mine area ............................... 46 34. Sunrise Mine workings ...................................... 48 35 • Upper adit ' Sunrise Mine eeooooooooloeooooeeooloeeooeoooe ... 49 36 • Middle adit ~ Sunrise Mine Ioeoeoooooooeoeeooooooeoo ......... 50 I 37 • Lower adit ' Sunrise Mine eeooeoeoooooooomoeeoooeooeeooooe ... 51 38. South adit, Sunrise Mine ................................... 52 l 39. Workings west of Sunrise Mine .............................. 54 40. Inclined shaft, R & R Mine ................................. 55 I 41 • Adi t, R & R Mine oleeooeoooooeoooeooee6ooeoooooooaooeo ...... 56 ! 42. Adlt, Osiris Mine .......................................... 58 43. Adlt, Ra Mine .............................................. 59 I 44 • Index map , Dutch Flat group etoo~oeooeoeooooeoeeeooeooeo .... 61 45. Adit No. i, Little Maud Mine ............................... 63 I v !!I CONTENTS--Continued ILLUSTRATIONS--Continued Page I Figure 46. Adit No. 2, Little Maud Mine ............................... 64 47. Adit No. 3, Little Maud Mine ............................... 65 I 48. Inclined shaft, Jupiter East Mine .......................... 67 ! 49. Adit, southwest of inclined shaft, Jupiter East Mine ....... 68 50. Adit southeast of inclined shaft, Jupiter East Mine ........ 69 I 51. Upper and lower levels of Evelyn Mine adit ................. 71 52. Pioneer shaft .............................................. 72 I 53. Surface map, Lost Dutchman and Gold Band workings ........... 74 54. Shaft no. i, Lost Dutchman .................................. 75 I 55. Adit no. I, Lost Dutchman ................................... 76 I 56. Adit no. 2, Lost Dutchman ................................... 77 57. Adit no. 3, Lost Dutchman ................................... 78 ! 58. Adit no. 4, Lost Dutchman ................................... 79 59. Gold Band adit .............................................. 80 I 60. Surface map, Jupiter Mine ................................... 82 I 61. Adit, Jupiter Mine .......................................... 83 62. Adit southwest of Jupiter Mine .............................. 84 I 63. Northernmost