Arabian Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Beryllium, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186336
MRDS ID M004541
MAS/MILS ID 0040150073
Record type Site
Current site name Arabian Mine
Alternate or previous names Philadelphia, Arabia Group, Perry, Rising Fawn, Rebecca
Related records 10027932

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.43691, 35.19282 (WGS84)
Elevation 756
Location accuracy 250(meters)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 021 N 020 W 20 W2NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Secondary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.43691, 35.19282

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 82S
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 152M
    Width 9.1M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Strike And Dip N45E:82S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 910829

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1917
Year of first production 1917

Mining district

District name Union Pass

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sutton Resources, Ltd.
    Year 1987
  • Type Owner
    Owner Meridian Land And Mineral
    Year 1987

Production statistics

  • Year 1934
    Period 1917-1934
    Description 1917-1934 593 Tr Oz Au, 1156 Tr Oz Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 35955.62g
    Major Gold Gold 18444.36g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    NIEMUTH, N.J. ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986. AZ

  • Reserve-Resource

    DEPT. MINES AND MINER. RESOUR., REPORT D-29(87), 1987,

  • Reserve-Resource

    46 PP.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA LAND DEPT MINERAL MAP

  • Deposit

    USGS KINGMAN MAP

  • Deposit

    USGS 7 1/2 UNION PASS MAP

  • Deposit

    WILSON,E.D.,AZBM BULL.137,P102 MAP,P105

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER,F.C.,USGS BULL.397,P203 MAP,

  • Deposit

    LAUSEN,CARL,AZBM BULL.131,P123-124

  • Deposit

    ADMR MOHAVE CARD FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR ARABIA(ARABIAN)MINE-MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    HOUSEHOLDER MAP

  • Deposit

    MOHAVE CUSTOM MILL PROJ.CARD FILE

  • Deposit

    ELSING&HEINEMAN,AZBM BULL.140,P96

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NIEMUTH (SEE BIBLIOGRAPHY) REPORTS THAT THE PROPERTY WAS BEING EVALUATED BY MERIDIAN MINERALS, CROWN MINERALS, AND SUTTON MINERALS, BUT DOES NOT MAKE CLEAR WHAT THE VARIOUS ROLES AND DUTIES OF THE COMPANIES ARE. IN 1986, EXPLOR- ATION WORK WAS BEING DONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-SEP-91 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.