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Walkover Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Arsenic
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027618
MRDS ID M003535
Record type Site
Current site name Walkover Mine
Related records 10234402

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.60301, 35.3453 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Relative position NE END OF COTTONWOOD CLIFFS IN COTTONWOOD MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valentine SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Valentine(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Williams(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023N 012W 30 NW OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 2.3 MILES W OF COTTONWOOD SPRINGS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.60301, 35.3453
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation Strikes Ne, Dips Steeply Nw. Prec Overlain By Younger Volcanic Rocks

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 W
    Dip 75 W
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 200 FEET SOUTH OF SHAFT, VEIN IS CUT OFF BY A FAULT THAT STRIKES N 60 E. 30 FEET SOUTH OF THIS SHAFT, THE VEIN IS DISPLACED 75 FEET WESTWARD BY A FAULT THAT STRIKES N 70 E, 80 S.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1911
Year of last production 1935
Production years 1911 - 1918 , 1928 - 1934

Mining district

District name Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1934
    Period 1933 - 1934
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.00 - 1.29 Oz. Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 32g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 111.25M

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED NEILSON & DAVES, WALKOVER MINES, NEILSON BROTHERS, HACKBERRY, HENRY GALBRAITH, J. HAWK MINING CO, LOPER & CARNEY, CALIFORNIA MINING CO, J.L. LOPER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1934 , ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137 , P. 115

  • Production

    ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 137 , P. 115

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1987 Johnson, K. H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Creasey, S. C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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