| Deposit ID | 10065282 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | TC40401 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cyclopic |
| Alternate or previous names | Indian Secret |
| Related records | 10113220 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.24498, 35.78279 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1329 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 6 MILES WSW OF BURNT HILL RANCH., Est, Location From Usbm Record |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mohave(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gold Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Boulder City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Red Lake(hydrologic unit)
Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Mohave |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 028N | 018E | 30 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite > Peraluminous Granite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| (1) | -114.24498, 35.78279 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Tertiary Age Detachment Zone |
| General form | IRREGULAR TO TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N50W |
| Dip | NE |
| Thickness | 60M |
| Length | 1500M |
| Width | 400M |
| Depth to top | 50M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1880 |
| Year of first production | 1921 |
| District name | Gold Basin District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Saratoga Mines (1979, 96%); Drs. Richard N. Wyman And Thomas C. King (1979, 4%) |
| Type | Tailings | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1980 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 27000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 30000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1986 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 31000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 21.34M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | TC40401 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040151277 |
SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.
NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.
CIMRI
SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992; MYERS AND OTHERS, 1986.
SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS IS ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST PRODUCTIVE MINES IN THE GOLD BASIN DISTRICT. |
| Deposit | DETACHMENT FAULT RELATED DEPOSIT. TWO TYPES OF MINERALIZATION: GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ BEINS OF CRETACEOUS AGE RELATED TO THE CRET GRANITE AND MID-MIOCENE MINERALIZATION IN THE UPPER PLATE OF A DETACHMENT ZONE. ORE CONSISTS OF BRECCIATED FRAGMENTS OF COARSE-TEXTURED GRAYISH VEIN QUARTZ AND COUNTRY ROCK MORE OR LESS FIRMLY CEMENTED BY IRON OXIDE AND SILICA. THIS IS ONLY MINE IN DISTRICT WITH LATE-STAGE TERTIARY ORE SPATIALLY RELATED TO DETACHMENT FAULTING. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-93 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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