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The Mineral Park mine is a large open-pit copper mine located in the Cerbat Mountains, 14 mi (23 km) northwest of Kingman, Arizona (in the southwestern United States). A 2013 report said that Mineral Park has an estimated reserves of 389 million t (383 million long tons; 429 million short tons) of ore grading 0.14% copper and 31 million oz (1.9 ...
Kingman is a city in and the county seat of Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It is named after Lewis Kingman , an engineer for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad . It is located 105 miles (169 km) southeast of Las Vegas , Nevada, and 180 miles (290 km) northwest of Arizona's state capital, Phoenix . [ 5 ]
Historic Kingman 1954 Chevrolet Bel Air police car#1 a.k.a. "Jingles" The Kingman townsite, named for Lewis Kingman, was designated in 1882. The original Kingman townsite was within the boundaries of what are now First and Sixth, Pine and Golconda streets. Johanna Wilkinson and her sister Francis came to the Kingman territory in the early 1880s.
In Arizona, copper mining has been a major industry since the 19th century. In 2007, Arizona was the leading copper-producing state in the country, producing 750 thousand metric tons of copper, valued at $5.54 billion. Arizona's copper production was 60% of the total for the United States. Copper mining also produces gold and silver as ...
Vanadinite from the old Western Mine, in the southern Cerbat Mountains [1] The Cerbat Mountains (Walapai: Ha'emede) is a mountain range in Mohave County in northwest Arizona immediately north of Kingman. The Cerbat Mountains and the White Hills (Arizona) adjacent north, are the dividing ranges between the Detrital Valley west, and the Hualapai ...
Five of the more important core assay results follow: Hole #DW11-1D - 20.2 ounces silver per ton at a depth of 197-198 feet. Hole #DW11-1D - 21.8 ounces silver per ton at a depth of 198-200.5 feet.
Outdoor exhibits display ranching and mining machinery, storefronts, a mine replica, and a 1923 railroad caboose. The museum's library collects documents, manuscripts, maps, and photos about Mohave County, Arizona and the American Southwest. [2] A mining exhibit was added in 2008, a ranching exhibit added in 2010.
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