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Secret Pass

Prospect in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061548
MRDS ID TC34457
Record type Site
Current site name Secret Pass
Alternate or previous names Tin Cup Mine, Wilhelm
Related records 10259494

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.37163, 35.15224 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 15 MILES W OF KINGMAN, 10 MILES N OF OATMAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Secret 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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020N 020W 02 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • IN BLACK MOUNTAINS. USED MINE MARKED ON SECRET PASS TOPO MAP AS SITE. USBM GIVES LOCATION AS 35-08-37N, 114-21-21W. NIEMUTH (1987) GIVES SECTION 1 NOT 2.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitically Altered Andesite; Potassic, Silicification

Analytical data

Result HIGH GRADE MATERIAL IS COMMON WITH FIVE- TO TEN-FOOT ZONES ASSAYING 0.5 TO 1.0 OZ/T AU. IN SOME AREAS GOLD IN SOILS ASSAYED FROM 300-350 PPB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Oatman Latite;
    Rock description Oatman Latite;
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.37163, 35.15224
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N60W
    Dip 70 NE
    Thickness 152.4M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Occurs Along Or Near The Frisco Mine Fault, In Splays And Rollovers, Usually Associated Spatially With The Emplacement Of Tertiary-Age Rhyolite Sill/Dike Swarms.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1982

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Santa Fe Pacific Mining, Inc.
    Home office Albuquerque, New Mexico
    First year 1987

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Total resources 226000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.823 g/mt Gold Major 1988
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1986
    Total resources 45000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.823 g/mt Gold Major 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE WILL PROBABLY BE WORKED BY BOTH SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND METHODS.

Comments on development

  • SOIL GEOCHEMISTRY AND GEOPHYSICS BY SANTA FE PACIFIC (1981-1986) AND INTERNATIONAL PROSPECTOR (1987-1991) DRILLED OVER 100 REVERSE CIRCULATION HOLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SANTA FE PACIFIC MINING, INC., INFORMATION SHEET.

  • Deposit

    SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

  • 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

    SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992; NIEMUTH, 1987

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONES ARE TENS TO MORE THAN A HUNDRED FEET WIDE AND 250-300 FT LONG AND CONTAIN WEAK TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF QUARTZ STOCKWORKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1993 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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