Golconda Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046348
MRDS ID M241413
Record type Site
Current site name Golconda Mine
Alternate or previous names Golconda, Prosperity, And Tub Mines
Related records 10234353

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.12913, 35.32446 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position ABOUT 2.4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TURQUOISE MOUNTAIN.

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)

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 017W 06;05 E2 (06); W2 (05) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Ithaca Peak Granite
    Rock description Ithaca Peak Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.12913, 35.32446

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Schistocity In Prec Rocks N 30 E, Veins And Fissures Nnw To Nw

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 23 W
    Dip 50 NE
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 1219.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Associated With Rhyolite Dikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Year of last production 1957

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gamin Resources, Inc.
    Home office Vancouver, B.C., Canada
    First year 1986

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2621.28M
    Overall depth 487.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN SHAFT ON GOLCONDA CLAIM, 1600 FEET ON INCLINE WITH LEVELS AT 100 FOOT INTERVALS TO 1200 FEET; TUNNEL (700FT) ON PROSPERITY CLAIM; DEVELOPMENT IN MAIN SHAFT MAINLY BY STOPING; SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF TUNNELS AND SHAFTS ON BLACKFOOT CLAIM AND TUB

Comments on development

  • PAT PETERSON WAS OPERATOR IN 1973. 1984-1986: GAMIN COMPLETED 2 DEEP CORE HOLES PLUS 5000 FT OF REVERSE ROTARY DRILLIING, IDENTIFIED RESERVE NEAR OLD STOPES, ACQUIRED ADJACENT PROPERTY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM R14101, 1947, P. 32.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 397, 1909, P. 100, P. 102.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 978-E, 1951, P. 153-154, P. 147.

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 156, 1950.

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    NIEMUTH, 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS INCLUDE THE MAIN, THE GOLCONDA OR EAST AND AT LEAST 3 OTHERS-- ALL SIMILAR IN DIRECTION AND FORM, AND THE TUB VEIN WHICH HAS A DIFFERENT STRIKE (BETWEEN N35W AND N55W).
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002985 OF J.W. HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit CONSISTS OF 20 CLAIMS OF WHICH THE GOLCONDA, BLACKFOOT, PROSPERITY, AND TUB ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT; OTHER CLAIMS INCLUDE THE PRIMROSE AND POSSIBLY THE EDDY; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE J.D. WANVIG JR., UNION BASIN MINING, GOLCONDA CHEMICAL, GOLD CLIFF, CENTRAL MINING CO., E.M. LEONARD; CAL WRIGHT AND J.P. LANE, OWEN MCNALLY (PROSPERITY); G.M. BOWERS AND T.E. POLLOCK (PRIMROSE); BRYON COLLINS AND OWEN MCNALLY (BLACKFOOT); E.F. THOMPSON AND E.B. SMITH (GOLCONDA); PONTIAC MINES INC., BULWARK MINES INC.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-NOV-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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