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Swiss-American Prospect

Occurrence in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026989
MRDS ID M001657
Record type Site
Current site name Swiss-American Prospect
Related records 10113416

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.41524, 35.01891 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position 2.25 MILES SW 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)

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 019N 020W 21 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DISTRICT ALSO HAS SMALL AMOUNT OF CHALCOPYRITE, CHALCOCITE, PYRITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, RED PB OXIDE, AND WULFENITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Oatman Andesite
    Rock description Oatman Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.41524, 35.01891
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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

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 W
    Dip 65 N
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 18.29M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Francisco District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 12.19M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 196

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE PROBABLY DOES NOT CONTINUE WITH DEPTH. OLDER UNDERLYING ANDESITE AT A DEPTH OF 60 FEET IS PROBABLY THE DEEPEST EXTENT OF THE DEPOSIT.

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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