| Deposit ID | 10027917 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M004493 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Aztec Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Aztec Shaft, Part of Tom Reed Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.37025, 36.00001 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 872 |
| Relative position | 1 MI ESE OF OATMAN, ABOUT 0.6 MI S OF ELEPHANT TOOTH |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mohave(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Senator Mountain NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lake Mead(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lake Mead(hydrologic unit)
Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Lake Mead National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)
National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)
NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Mohave |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 019N | 020W | 23 | NE4 OF SE4 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Oatman Andesite;Gold Road Latite | ||||
| Rock description | Oatman Andesite;Gold Road Latite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| (1) | -114.37025, 36.00001 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tertiary Volcanic Rock S |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Mallory Fault Cuts The Big Jim-Aztec Ore Shoot |
| Strike | N30W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 85E |
| Thickness | 91.44M |
| Length | 274.32M |
| Width | 6.1M |
| Depth to top | 91.44M |
| Depth to bottom | 182.88M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Oatman District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 213.36M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M004493 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040150290 |
GARDNER, 1936, USBM IC 6901
LAUSEN, 1931, ABM BULL 131
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ON TOM REED VEIN |
| Deposit | THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M004493 WITH RE CORD M030368 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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