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Arabian Mine

Past Producer 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. Ownership information
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027932
MRDS ID M004541
Record type Site
Current site name Arabian Mine
Alternate or previous names Arabia Group, 3 Claims: Perry, Rising Fawn, Rebecca
Related records 10186336

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.43692, 35.1928 (WGS84)
Elevation 756
Relative position 3 MILES SW OF UNION PASS, ABOUT 0.7 MILES S OF SUGAR LOAF MOUNTAIN.

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)

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 20 W2 OF NE4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1992)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES: MINERALIZED ZONE, OVER 0.10 OUNCES AU/TON
Result NORTHERN VEIN, AVERAGES ABOUT 0.50 OUNCES AU/TON AND 3 TO 10 OUNCES AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Katherine Granite;Golden Door Volcanics
    Rock description Katherine Granite;Golden Door Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.43692, 35.1928
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Parallel Nw Trending Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Normal Fault With Downthrown Side To E; Granite To Nw Of Fault; Rhyolite To Se Of Fault; Rhyolite Dips 50sw, Overlies Prec Granite

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS AND LENSES
    Strike N45E
    Dip 82SE
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne Trending Fault In Rhyolite Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1917
Year of last production 1934
Production years PRIOR TO 1917 TO 1934

Mining district

District name Union Pass District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sutton Resources Ltd. And Meridian Alnd And Mienra
    First year 1987
  • Type Owner
    Owner Thomas F. Mulherin (Owner Of Arabian Group Only)
    First year 1965

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Total resources 226000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.694 g/mt Gold Major 1987

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 85.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPAL ACCESS TO UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ON ARABIAN PROPERTY WAS BY A SHAFT ON PHILADELPHIA GROUP. TOTAL LENGTH OF WORKING ON BOTH GROUPS WAS APPROX 630 FT. SHAFT, ADIT, SHRINKAGE STOP, OPEN CUT BENCH.

Comments on development

  • ADJOINS PHILADELPHIA GROUP; THE ARABIAN AND PHILADELPHIA HAVE BEEN OPERATED JOINTLY IN THE PAST; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE CHARLES TOOS, L. PATELLO, R. BRANNACK, GOLD STANDARD MINING, G.C. TAYLOR, MINES CO. OF AMERICA. 1984-86: SUTTON CONDUCTED SURFACE DRILLING PROGRAM WITH MERIDIAN LAND AND MINERAL AND IDENTIFIED RESERVES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 105.

  • Deposit

    GARDNER, E.D., 1936, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS, WESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6901, P. 45.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 131, 1931, P. 123-124.

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 374-E, 1963, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 137 , P. 105.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NIEMUTH, 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINERALIZED QUARTZ VEINS OCCUR WITHIN THE RHYOLITE DIKE AND ALSO WITHIN THE GRANITE FOOTWALL. INDIVIDUAL VEINLETS RANGE FROM ONE TO TWELVE INCHES. A VEIN TO THE NORTH, 6 FEET WIDE, N STRIKE, 33 E DIP, WAS MINED AT THE 80 FOOT LEVEL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Johnson, Kris H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Creasey, S. C. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1993 Orris, Greta J. 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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