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Esmeralda Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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 10027795
MRDS ID M004137
Record type Site
Current site name Esmeralda Mine
Related records 10113395

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.14941, 35.31502 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position 7 MILES SOUTH OF CHLORIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cerbat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento 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 Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 022N 018W 12 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.14941, 35.31502
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally
Type of structure Local
Structure description Schistosity Trends N 35 W

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 W
    Dip 75 SW
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1880 - 1909

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1909
    Material ORE AVG
    Description Ap_Grade: ^13.42 Oz Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 379g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 76.2M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F. C., 1909 , MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 397

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M. J., 1936 , ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION; ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 140 , P. 95

  • Production

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 397 , ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 140 , P. 95

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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