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Gold Road Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Beryllium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027907
MRDS ID M004450
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Road Mine
Related records 10210760

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.37747, 35.04419 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 1.25 MILES N OF OATMAN.

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 019N 020W 11 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DISTRICT ALSO HAS SMALL AMOUNTS OF CHALCOPYRITE, CHALCOCITE, PYRITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, RED PB OXIDES, AND WULFENITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Gold Road Latite;Oatman Andesite;Alcyone Trachite;Times Porphyry
    Rock description Gold Road Latite;Oatman Andesite;Alcyone Trachite;Times Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.37747, 35.04419
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sheeting Of Andesite N 40 W, 90 ; Latite Occurs To The N Of The Vein, While To The S Both Latite And Andesite Can Be Found

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGER LODE
    Strike N 50 W
    Dip 80 NE
    Length 2011.63M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to bottom 213.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Is Found In Rhyolite Dikes As Finely Disseminated Gold. The Ore Is Associated With Present Water Flow Courses, And Occurs On The Hanging Wall Of The Vein. Vein Is A Fissure Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MOST ORE MINED HAS COME FROM 3 SHOOTS ON THE NORTH STRAND OF THE VEIN. THE LARGEST SHOOT BEING 900 FEET LONG, 22 FEET WIDE, DOWN TO THE 700 FOOT LEVEL. MOST OF THE ORE WAS FROM 2 TO 10 FEET WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Discoverer Joe Jeneres
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1949
Production years 1897 - 1931

Mining district

District name San Francisco District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 5608.32M
    Overall depth 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SHAFTS AND THE LINE ROAD TUNNEL; PRINCIPAL AREA OFSTOPING IS AROUND NO. 1 AND NO. 3 SHAFTS ON THE GOLD ROAD AND LINE ROAD CLAIMS

Comments on development

  • 4 CLAIMS; GOLD ROAD, LINEROAD, BILLY BRYAN, RAILROAD; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE GOLD ROAD MINING AND EXPLORATION CO (1902), NEEDLES SMELTING AND REFINING CO (1911), US SMELTING, REFINING, AND MINING CO, GOLDFIELD GREAT BEND MINING CO, JACK SHANK, J.D. SPARGO, E. TEMPLIN, F. SHASSON, D.B. HARPER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARDNER, E.D., 1936, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS, WESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6901, P. 31 - 32.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 93.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1909, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 397, P. 153.

  • Deposit

    LAUSEN, C., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OATMAN AND KATHERINE DISTRICTS, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 131

  • Deposit

    5) ELSING, M. J. AND HEINEMAN, R. E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140 , P. 96

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M.J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 96.

  • Deposit

    USBM BULL 743, 1923, P. 45-46.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 340, 1907, P. 76-77.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 318, 1959, P. 102.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA.

  • Production

    ABM BULL'S. 130 , 137 , 140

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IN FAULT ZONE IN LATITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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