| Deposit ID | 10027783 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M004080 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Eldorado Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | El Dorado |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.20581, 35.79612 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1219 |
| Relative position | 9 MILES W OF GARNET MOUNTAIN. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Mohave |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 027N | 018W | 21 | NE OF SW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Lead | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Vanadinite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| (1) | -114.20581, 35.79612 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Vein Dips Se Or Nw At 40 Or 70 |
| Strike | N 50 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 65 SE |
| Width | 1.22M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Year of first production | 1901 |
| Year of last production | 1940 |
| Production years | 1880 - 1906 |
| District name | Gold Basin District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Arizona-Minnesota Gold Mining Co. |
| Home office | Minneapolis, Mn. |
| First year | 1909 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 182.88M |
| Overall width | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M004080 |
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.
ELSING, M.J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 96.
GALBRAITH, 1941, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 149, P. 64.
CIMRI
ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 140 , P. 96
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ VEINS. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000071 OF R.P. FISCHER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1870'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1979 | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1992 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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