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New Chance Prospect

Occurrence in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026994
MRDS ID M001665
Record type Site
Current site name New Chance Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.38692, 35.15724 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 4 MILES S OF UNION PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Union Pass(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 021N 020W 35 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION INDEFINITE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Hematite Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGES $64 PER TON IN AU, 2 OZ. AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.38692, 35.15724
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw To Nnw Trending Normal Faulting
Type of structure Local
Structure description Tert Flows Strike Nw, Dip 30-40 Ne, And Overlie Prec Granite And Gneiss

Ore body information

  • Strike N 18 W
    Dip 90 W
    Length 804.65M
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • High Ore Values Are Associated With Quartz-Adularia Portion Of The Vein, Fluorspar, And Rhyolite-Granite Contact.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Union Pass District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

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. 213

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE STREAK 10 INCHES WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 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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