Golden Rule Prospect

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Molybdenum, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026993
MRDS ID M001664
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Rule Prospect
Alternate or previous names Gold Link

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.23303, 35.79001 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position IN WHITE HILLS, 11 MILES W OF GARNET MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boulder City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 028N 018W 29 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propyllitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.23303, 35.79001

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Dips Se Or Nw At 40 Or 70

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 E
    Dip 70 SE
    Width 0.76M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Discoverer Rowe And Patterson
Year of first production 1938
Year of last production 1942
Production years 1885 - 1906

Mining district

District name Gold Basin District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 213.36M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE IS DEVELOPED BY 1 75 FT SHAFT, ABOUT 300 FT OF DRIFTS AND STOPES, WORKINGS ARE CONTAINED WITHIN A HORIZONTAL DISTANCE OF 70 FT AND VERTICAL DISTANCE OF 100 FT

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED F.R. DIVINE, RAYMOND MATHERS, C.E. WILLIAMS, H.R. MORSE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S
Deposit GOLD MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH MASSIVE WHITE CRETACEOUS QUARTZ VEINS; NOT RELATED TO DETACHMENT FAULTING IN DISTRICT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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