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Golden Star Group

Prospect 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027925
MRDS ID M004523
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Star Group
Alternate or previous names West Point, American Boy, Red Bluff Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.45775, 35.11308 (WGS84)
Elevation 585
Relative position 7.25 MILES NW 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 020N 021W 13,24 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.45775, 35.11308
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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
Type of structure Local
Structure description A N 30 W Trending Fault Ledge Cuts The Ore Vein To The East. The Fault, Meals Ledge, Is A Vein Of Low Grade Ore

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 65 W
    Dip 65 N
    Length 1609.3M
    Width 4.27M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Best Ore Values Occur In Oxidized Streaks, Mostly On The Hanging Wall, But Also On The Foot-Wall, Usually Associated With Or Near The Granite Porphyry.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Francisco District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Canada Alberta Mining
    Home office Calgary, Alberta
    First year 1986

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 106.68M
    Overall depth 27.43M

Comments on development

  • 1984-1986: GEOLOGIC MAPPING, GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY, TRENCHING AND SAMPLING PROGRAM.

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. 173

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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