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Black Dyke Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027944
MRDS ID M004595
Record type Site
Current site name Black Dyke Mine
Alternate or previous names Princess
Related records 10259274

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.4947, 35.23196 (WGS84)
Elevation 512
Relative position 6 MILES W OF UNION PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Union Pass(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 021N 021W 02 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAY AVERAGE $3 PER TON AU ( 1931

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.4947, 35.23196
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw To Nnw Trending Normal Faulting
Type of structure Local
Structure description Tert Flows Strike Nw, Dip 30-40 Ne, And Overlie Prec Granite And Gneiss

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Strike N W
    Dip 30 SW
    Length 914.4M
    Width 45.72M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FREE GOLD IN CLEAN OXIDIZED QUARTZ AND CALCITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Union Pass District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAUSEN, C., 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OATMAN AND KATHERINE DISTRICTS, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 131 , P. 119

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA STATE DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILES

  • Reserve-Resource

    ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES FILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 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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