Van Deemen

Prospect 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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10259207
MRDS ID M241472
MAS/MILS ID 0040151354
Record type Site
Current site name Van Deemen
Related records 10046352

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.57331, 34.79003 (WGS84)
Elevation 838

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Needles(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(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 027 N 021 W 29 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.57331, 34.79003

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00E
    Dip 07W
    Length 2377M
    Width 15M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Strike And Dip N00E:07W
    Date of Last Modification 911008

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT APPEARS TO OCCUR IN A DETACHMENT BRECCIA ALONG A DETACHMENT FAULT. THE DEPTH TO THE MINERALIZATION AND ITS THICKNESS ARE UNDETERMINED. ALTERATION CONSISTS OF CHLORITIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1941

Mining district

District name Eldorado Pass District

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arizona Star Resources Corp.
    Year 1987
  • Type Owner
    Owner Amir Mines, Ltd.
    Year 1987
  • Type Operator
    Owner Amselco Exploration, Inc.
    Year 1987
  • Type Operator
    Owner Fischer Watt Mining Co.
    Year 1987

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    HIGGS, D. ARIZONA STAR DEVELOPING HEAP LEACH PROPERTY.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WORLD INVESTMENT NEWS, OCT. 1987, P. 67.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-OCT-1991 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.