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Roadside

Unknown 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. 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 10258818
MRDS ID M004600
MAS/MILS ID 0040150269
Record type Site
Current site name Roadside
Alternate or previous names Arizona Rand Gold Mine Inc., Mother Lode
Related records 10027945

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.48391, 35.21922 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Location accuracy 1000(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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 021 W 12 W2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Gypsum Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Specularite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.48391, 35.21922
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00E
    Dip 30W
    Thickness 18M
    Length 229M
    Width 27M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N00E:30W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 910924

Comments on the geologic information

  • THIS IS A DETACHMENT FAULT TYPE DEPOSIT. THE ORE IS FOUND IN A FAULT BRECCIA IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE FAULT. THE BRECCIA CONSISTS OF INTENSELY BROKEN PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE AND RHYOLITE. ALTERATION INCLUDES CHLORITIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1915

Mining district

District name Union Pass

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fischer-Watt Mining Co.
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Pecos Resources
    Year 1980

Production statistics

  • Year 1934
    Period 1932-1934
    Description 1932-34 890 Tr Oz Au, 1734 Tr Oz Ag.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 53933.43g
    Major Gold Gold 27682.09g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    DURNING, W.P., AND F.L. HILLEMEYER. COLOSSEUM-MORNING STAR-

  • Reserve-Resource

    ROADSIDE-COPPERSTONE: PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN

  • Reserve-Resource

    CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN ARIZONA. PAPER IN FRONTIERS IN

  • Reserve-Resource

    GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA AND THE SOUTHWEST, ED.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BY B. BEATTY AND P.A.K. WILKINSON (PROC. DIGEST, V. XVI,

  • Reserve-Resource

    AZ GEOL. SOC. PUBL., TUCSON, AZ, 1986, PP. 248-266.

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    DEP. MINES AND MINER. RESOUR., REP. D-29(87), 1987, 46 PP.

  • Deposit

    USGS 7 1/2 UNION PASS MAP

  • Deposit

    WILSON,E.D.,AZBM BULL.137,P102,104-105 MAP

  • Deposit

    MOHAVE CUSTOM MILL PROJ.CARD FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR FRISCO MINE-MINE FILE,HOUSEHOLDER MAP

  • Deposit

    ADMR ROADSIDE MINE-MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    WEED,W.H.,THE MINES HANDBOOK VOL.XVI(1925)P243

  • Deposit

    ELSING&HEINEMAN,AZBM BULL.140,P96.

  • Deposit

    MC CUCTCHAN,V.C.,65TH ANNUAL REPT.,AZ.STATE MINE INSPECTOR,

  • Deposit

    P6

  • Deposit

    GARDNER,E.D.,USBM I.C.6901,P8(MAP),44

  • Deposit

    BOLIN,G.H.,5TH ANNUAL REPT.OF AZ STATE MINE INSPECTOR,P19,30

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CURRENT MINING IS GOPHERING ON LISTRIC FAULT. ACTIVITY IN 1984-86 INCLUDED GEOLOGIC MAPPING AND A GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLING PROGRAM WITH SURFACE DRILLING. PROPERTY DISCOVERED BETWEEN 1910 AND 1915.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-DEC-96 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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