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Arizona · Mohave County

Lead Pill

Unconfirmed Fluorine-Fluorite Underground

Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Mohave
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Fluorine-Fluorite
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Florine

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former Ag-Pb-Fluorspar occurrence/mine located in the N½ sec. 21, T12N, R14W, G&SRM, on the S foot of Potts Mountain, 5.8 km (3.6 miles) WSW of Black Mesa (coordinates of record), on Bureau of Land Management administered land. Owned by Mrs. Pearl Cr…

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Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 15 adit symbols
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • Pearl Craig,Mrs · Source-reported owner · 1973

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • commodity:Fluorite (Fluorspar)
  • commodity:Lead
  • commodity:Silver
  • Fluorite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped adit symbols (15)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR

Type: Historical mine documents

Record: 1 historical document

Supports:

  • historical mine identity
  • historical mine documentation

Lead Pill

Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.

AZGS Mining Info

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 62822

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (4)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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