Pyramid Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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 10102585
MRDS ID M004598
Record type Site
Current site name Pyramid Mine
Related records 10186278

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.56053, 35.23058 (WGS84)
Elevation 232
Relative position 2.2 MILES N OF DAVIS DAM, LAKE MOHAVE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Davis Dam(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

Lake Mead National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

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 021W 06 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.56053, 35.23058

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw To Nnw Trending Normal Faulting
Type of structure Local
Structure description Tert Flows Strike Nw, Dip 30-40 Ne, And Overlie Prec Granite And Gneiss

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, LENSES
    Strike N 65 E
    Dip 90
    Width 10.67M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1862
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Union Pass District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSS CUT TUNNEL, 60 FT DRIFT, SEVERAL SHAFTS, PROSPECT PITS; SOME ORE SAID TO HAVE BEEN STOPED FROM 70 FT SHAFT AT WEST END OF PROPERTY

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE; ERNEST CANTWELL, ARIZONA PYRAMID GOLD MINING CO., ARIZONA STANDARD MINES

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. 206

  • Deposit

    LAUSEN, C., 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OATMAN AND KATHERINE DISTRICTS, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 131 , P. 118

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 6901, 1936, P. 51

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1860'S
Deposit THOUGHT TO BE SAME VEIN AS KATHERINE MINE

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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.