Gold Ore Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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 10102576
MRDS ID M004449
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Ore Mine
Related records 10234416

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.37108, 35.05085 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 2 MILES NE OF OATMAN, ABOUT 1.8 MILES N OF ELEPHANTS TOOTH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Nutt(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 11 NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Gold Road Latite
    Rock description Gold Road Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.37108, 35.05085

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 68 W
    Dip 82 SW
    Length 30.48M
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Most Ore Occurred Between The 300 And 600 Foot Levels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1935
Production years 1918 - 1926

Mining district

District name San Francisco District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 100 FT INTERVALS

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE PECK AND LUCHINA, COMET AND QUEEN, WHITAKER, GOLD ORE MINING CO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARDNER, E.D., 1936, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS, WESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6901, P. 40.

  • Deposit

    LAUSEN, C., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OATMAN AND KATHERINE DISTRICTS, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 131, P. 113.

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M.J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 96.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 137, 1934, P. 99.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Production

    ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 140 , P. 96

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS A FISSURE VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.