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Old Maid Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Iron
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027789
MRDS ID M004104
Record type Site
Current site name Old Maid Mine
Related records 10186527

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.05245, 33.96199 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position 5 MILES WNW OF BOUSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bouse(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007N 017W 08 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ABOUT 150 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 2.6 OZ. AU/TON
Result 0.6 OZ. AG/TON
Result AND .1% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.05245, 33.96199
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N
    Dip 60W
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SPOTTY,FINE-GRAIN GOLD IN HEMATITE AND VUGGY QUARTZ WITH SOME OXIDIZED COPPER MINERALIZATION,IN NARROW,LENSING AND IRREGULAR VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northern Plomosa District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE: GODBE BROTHERS,OLD MAIN MINING CO.,HOFFMEISTER,COREY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 79.25M

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPED AND WORKED SPORADICALLY FROM EARLY 1900'S THROUGH 1938

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D.; CUNNINGHAM, J.B.; BUTLER, G.M.; 1934; ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 135

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 192, P. 170.

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 135

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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