Gold Dust

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10162325
MRDS ID M004490
MAS/MILS ID 0040150153
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Dust
Alternate or previous names Victor Virgin, Orion Mining&Milling Co., Victor Virgina, Treasury, Oversight, Virgin
Related records 10027916

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.393, 35.01392 (WGS84)
Elevation 780
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

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 019 N 020 W 22 SENWSE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Middle Miocene to Oligocene volcanic rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gold Dust Mining Co.
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1926

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS 7 1/2 OATMAN MAP

  • Deposit

    BLM DISTRICT MAP

  • Deposit

    HOUSEHOLDER MAP (ADMR)

  • Deposit

    MOHAVE CUSTOM MILL PROJ.INDEX CARD (ADMR)

  • Deposit

    RANSOME,F.L.,USGS 743,P4,8(MAP),32,48-50

  • Deposit

    CUNNINGHAM&BUTLER,AZBM BULL.137,P95-96

  • Deposit

    LAUSEN,C.,AZBM BULL 131,P110-111

  • Deposit

    GARDNER,E.D.,IC6901,P8(MAP),39

  • Deposit

    ADMR MOHAVE CARD FILE

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER,F.C.,USGS BULL.340,P.80-81

  • Deposit

    NEALE,W.G.,THE MINES HANDBOOK,VOL.XVII,(1926),P265

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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