Vivian Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Calcium
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027914
MRDS ID M004485
Record type Site
Current site name Vivian Mine
Alternate or previous names Jacks Shaft, Leland-Mitchell-Vivian Group, Oro Fino Group
Related records 10161944

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.42219, 35.01502 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position 2.25 MILES WSW OF OATMAN , ABOUT 0.7 MILES SSE OF LELAND BUTTE.

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)

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 20 SE OF NE OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • MINE EXTENDS SLIGHTLY INTO SEC 21.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Calcium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CALCITE IS DARK AND CRYSTALLINE. DISTRICT ALSO CONTAINS SMALL AMOUNT OF CHALCOPYRITE, CHALCOCITE, PYRITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, RED PB OXIDE, & WULFENITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.42219, 35.01502

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

  • General form WIRE GOLD AND CLUMPS IN POCKETS OR BUNCHES
    Strike N 75 W
    Dip 82 S
    Length 804.65M
    Width 0.91M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Best Values Are In Quartz Associated With Dark Spar

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Discoverer Ben Paddock
Production years PRIOR TO 1909

Mining district

District name Oatman District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M
    Overall depth 82.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHAFTS AND ADIT, CONNECTED BY DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • MINE IS ON VIVIAN CLAIM; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE JUDGE E.M. ROSS, THOMAS EWING, VIVIAN MINING CO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1909, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 397, P. 195.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN ADDITION TO THE VIVIAN, VIVIAN MINING CO AT TIMES ALSO OWNED TOE LELAND AND WESTERN APEX ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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