| Deposit ID | 10026993 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M001664 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Golden Rule Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Gold Link |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.23303, 35.79001 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1341 |
| Relative position | IN WHITE HILLS, 11 MILES W OF GARNET MOUNTAIN |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Mohave |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 028N | 018W | 29 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| 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 |
| (1) | -114.23303, 35.79001 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Vein Dips Se Or Nw At 40 Or 70 |
| Strike | N 20 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 70 SE |
| Width | 0.76M |
| 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 |
| District name | Gold Basin District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Length | 213.36M |
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M001664 |
SCHRADER, F.C., 1909, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 397, P. 123.
ELSING, M.J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 96.
CIMRI
ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 140 , P. 96
| 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. |
| 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 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.