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West Gold Road 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 10027908
MRDS ID M004451
Record type Site
Current site name West Gold Road Prospect
Related records 10161961

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.37941, 35.04558 (WGS84)
Elevation 890
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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.37941, 35.04558
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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

  • General form LEDGE
    Strike N 50 W
    Dip 86 NE
    Width 1.52M

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 60.96M
    Overall depth 138.68M

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. 166

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS MINE WAS DEVELOPED TO FIND WORKABLE ORE IN THE NORTHWESTWARD EXTENSION OF THE GOLD ROAD VEIN. THE DEPOSIT WAS NOT WORKABLE IN 1906 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

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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