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Goodman Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, REE, Thorium
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027941
MRDS ID M004582
Record type Site
Current site name Goodman Mine
Alternate or previous names Gold Belt, Scott Lode
Related records 10131942

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.38885, 33.66478 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Relative position 8 MILES WEST OF QUARTZSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Paz Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004N 021W 24,25,26 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TH, RAE NOTED IN SHEAR ZONE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.38885, 33.66478
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR, LENSING
    Strike ESE
    Dip 90 N
    Length 4827.9M
    Width 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposit Occupies A Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN THE OXIDIZED ZONE, THESE CAVITIES ARE MORE OR LESS FILLED WITH IRON OXIDE THAT CONTAINS VISIBLE FREE GOLD. WHERE OXIDATION HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETE, GOLD-BEARING PYRITE IS RELATIVELY ABUNDANT, PARTICULARLY NEAR THE WALLS OF THE VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO COPPER OR LEAD RECOVERED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 79.25M
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND WORKING INCLUDE SEVERAL INCLINED SHAFTS AND CONNECTING TUNNELS.

Comments on development

  • WORKED FROM 1860 THROUGH 1914 AND INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH 1940

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M.J.; HEINEMAN, R.E.S.; ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104

  • Deposit

    JONES, E.L.; 1915; GOLD DEPOSITS NEAR QUARTZITE, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 620, P. 55

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D.; CUNNINGHAM, J.B.; BUTLER, G.M.; 1934; ARIZONA LODE MINES AND GOLD MINING: A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 136.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 159

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULL. 140, P. 104; A.B.M. BULL. 137, P. 136. (10) KEITH, S.B., 1978.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Hall, R. K. (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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