Secret Pass

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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10259494
MRDS ID TC34457
MAS/MILS ID 0040150275
Record type Site
Current site name Secret Pass
Alternate or previous names Wilhelm Group, Water Witch, Red Crown Group, Tin Cup
Related records 10061548

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -114.3566, 35.14362 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Secret Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Wash(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 020 N 020 W 01 NWSESE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) Middle Miocene to Oligocene volcanic rocks

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 70N
    Thickness 152M
    Length 122M
    Width 30M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 POTASSIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N60W:70N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 911002

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Francisco District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Santa Fe Mining Co.
    Year 1988
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Fischer Watt Gold Co.
    Year 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    DURNING, P. (PRESIDENT AND CHIEF GEOLOGIST, FISCHER WATT

  • Reserve-Resource

    GOLD). PRIVATE COMMUNICATION, 1988; AVAILABLE UPON

  • Reserve-Resource

    REQUEST FROM M.R. DALEY, BUMINES, DENVER, CO.

  • Deposit

    USGS 7 1/2 SECRET PASS MAP

  • Deposit

    ADMR SECRET PASS OR WILHELM GROUP MINE FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINING DISTRICT IS ALSO KNOWN BY THE NAME OATMAN. UNDERGROUND MINING METHOD HAD NOT BEEN FINALIZED AS OF 7/6/88.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-OCT-91 ADMR 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.