Maynard Mining District, Hualapai Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USAi

Regional Level Types
Maynard Mining District	Mining District
Hualapai Mountains	Mountain Range
Mohave County	County
Arizona	State
USA	Country

The Maynard district is a large indefinite area in the Hualpai Mountains. The district is said to be easily reached from Kingman by a good road crossing the summit of the range via Wheeler Pass. Water can be derived from most of the mines, and pine timber suitable for mining purposes grows near by.

The first important discovery of mineral in the district was made about 1865 by a party of prospectors headed by John Moss. They located the mines known as the Pride of the Pines and the Florence, and named the district Wauba Yuma district. Soon after beginning operations they were driven from the mountains by the Hualpai Indians, then on the warpath, who continued hostile for several years following.

In 1871 Lieutenant Wheeler's party, of the War Department, in making a reconnaissance in the Territory, camped on what is now known as Wheeler Wash, on the east side of the mountains. A large party of prospectors from San Francisco soon camped near by, made locations, named the district the Maynard district after Lafayette Maynard, one of its pioneer members, and elected a recorder. The first location made was named the Wheeler lode. For a decade
or more, beginning in the early seventies, the district furnished a livelihood to a considerable number of people, whose operations were confined
to the rich surface ores in the oxidized zone.

The country rock is mainly pre-Cambrian red granite, said to be intruded by porphyry dikes. The zone of mineralization in which most of the deposits occur lies on the northern and eastern slopes of the mountain. In this zone the deposits are contained in strong and persistent fissure veins similar to those in the Cerbat Mountains. The width of the ore ranges from 1 inch to 3 feet. It contains principally horn silver and is usually rich, especially so where the green horn silver (bromyrite?) is present. Some of the deposits also contain copper. Among the most important of the veins are those of the American Flag, Enterprise, Great Eastern group, and Siamese group. They are mostly situated in alignment with the principal system of the Cerbat veins, agree with them in strike, and are probably contemporaneous with them in age and of the same general origin. The production of the district is reported to be fairly large.

Other metals reported to occur in the Hualpai Mountains are molybdenite, found in association with copper, and native quicksilver, associated with lead carbonate, the latter being on a claim owned by Mr. Jackman. Just beyond, in the Aquarius Range, about 50 miles from Kingman, is a tungsten mine which annually produces 25 tons of tungsten ore, worth $400 a ton at Kingman, whence it is shipped.