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Arizona Gold Star Prospect

Occurrence in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Manganese
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027900
MRDS ID M004435
Record type Site
Current site name Arizona Gold Star Prospect
Alternate or previous names La Paz
Related records 10283791

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.42998, 35.04752 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 3 MI NW OF OATMAN., Est, Location Is Approximate.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oatman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(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 019N 020W 08 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DISTRICT ALSO HAS SMALL AMOUNT OF CHALCOPYRITE, CHALCOCITE, PYRITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, RED PB OXIDES, AND WULFENITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Gold Road Latite;Alcyone Trachite;Times Porphyry
    Rock description Gold Road Latite;Alcyone Trachite;Times Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Oatman Andesite
    Rock description Oatman Andesite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 W
    Dip 90
    Width 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Is Mostly In The Andesite

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN OCCURS ALONG ANDESITE, QUARTZ MONZONITE DIKE CONTACT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Francisco District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA STATE DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-79 Johnson, Kris H. (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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