United Western

Past Producer 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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10259502
MRDS ID M004561
MAS/MILS ID 0040150299
Record type Site
Current site name United Western
Alternate or previous names Western, Hallsworth Lode, Western Apex
Related records 10027937

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.3939, 35.03942 (WGS84)
Elevation 866
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

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)

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 019 N 020 W 15 N2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Gold Unknown
Wulfenite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.3939, 35.03942

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 457M
    Width 3.7M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Date of Last Modification 911007

Comments on the geologic information

  • STRIKE IS NNW-WNW; DIP IS UNDETERMINED. DEPTH TO MINERALIZATION AND THICKNESS ARE UNDETERMINED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1927

Mining district

District name San Francisco District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sun River Mining Corp.
    Year 1987

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Period 1927-1940
    Description 1927-40, Grade 0.300 Tr Oz/St Au 40000 St Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 44092.44mt 8g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADDITIONAL WORKINGS SEC 10 S2 T19N R20W

  • Reserve-Resource

    PAY DIRT. OF MINES AND MEN. NO. 576, JUNE 1987, P. 17A.

  • Deposit

    USGS 7 1/2 OATMAN MAP

  • Deposit

    HOUSEHOLDER MAP (ADMR)

  • Deposit

    BLM DISTRICT MAP

  • Deposit

    ADMR MOHAVE CARD FILE

  • Deposit

    RANSOME,F.L.,USGS BULL 743 MAP

  • Deposit

    GARDNER,E.D.,IL6901,P37-38

  • Deposit

    WEED,W.H.,THE MINES HANDBOOK VOL.,XVIII(1931),P336,456,466

  • Deposit

    FOSTER,T.C.,17TH ANNUAL REPT.OF AZ.STATE MINE INSPECTOR,P10,

  • Deposit

    18

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-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.