| Deposit ID | 10027677 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M003794 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Desert Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Golden Mound, Gold Eagle |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.72438, 33.76284 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 488 |
| Relative position | 2 MILES NE OF VICKSBURG 1 MI W OF WINCHESTER PEAK. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
La Paz(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Harcuvar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Bouse Wash(hydrologic unit)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Colorado(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 | La Paz |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 005N | 014W | 21 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 700 OR MORE TONS OF ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 0.3 OZ AU/TON, 2% CU AND 5 OZ AG/TON. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite |
| (1) | -113.72438, 33.76284 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Schistosity Of Metasediments |
| General form | IRREGULAR, CONTORTED |
|---|---|
| Strike | N-S |
| Dip | NE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Ellsworth District |
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| Year | 1950 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1900-1950 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.3 Oz Au/Ton, 2% Cu, 5 Oz Ag/Ton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M003794 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040270180 |
USGS BULL 451, P. 102.
USGS BULL 1355, P. 74.
ABM BULL 192, P. 148.
ADMR FILE DATA.
ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION FILE DATA.
CIMRI
U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355, P. 74 (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WIDE ZONE OF QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINS AND STRINGERS, AND AMORPHOUS QUARTZ, CARRYING SPOTTY, HIGH-GRADE GOLD VALUES AND OXIDIZED COPPER. |
| Deposit | GOLD BEARING GRAVELS ARE FOUND IN GULCHES NEAR DESERT MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1972 | Gere, W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1979 | Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 22-MAY-1995 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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