Cyclopic

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10113220
MRDS ID TC40401
MAS/MILS ID 0040151277
Record type Site
Current site name Cyclopic
Alternate or previous names Indian Secret
Related records 10065282

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.24501, 35.78281 (WGS84)
Elevation 1329
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boulder City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(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 028 N 018 E 30 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Cuprite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Wulfenite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.24501, 35.78281

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 60M
    Length 1500M
    Width 400M
    Depth to top 50M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 OTHER
    Date of Last Modification 910905

Comments on the geologic information

  • THIS IS A DETACHMENT FAULT TYPE DEPOSIT. ALTERATION INCLUDES CHLORITIZATION. STRIKE IS N50W; DIP IS VARIABLE TO NE. ORE CONSISTS OF BRECCIATED FRAGMENTS OF COARSE-TEXTURED GRAYISH VEIN QUARTZ AND COUNTRY ROCK MORE OR LESS FIRMLY CEMENTED BY IRON OXIDE AND SILICA. HOST ROCK IS A PORPHYRITIC MONZOGRANITE.
  • MINERALS ALSO INCLUDE CERUSSITE AND FE AND MN(?) OXIDES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1921

Mining district

District name Gold Basin District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Saratoga Mines
    Interest 96
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Drs. Richard V. Wyman And Thomas C. King
    Interest 4
    Year 1979

Production statistics

  • Year 1975
    Description Total Past Production 13000 Tr Oz Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 411000g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    ADMMR FILES

  • Reserve-Resource

    NIEMUTH, NYAL J. ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986,

  • Reserve-Resource

    ARIZONA DEPT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURES, D-29 (87), 1987

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F. C., MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK

  • Deposit

    MOUNTAINS, AND GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZ.,

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 397, 1909, 226 PP.

  • Deposit

    USGS, GOLD PLACER AND LODE DEPOSITS, GOLD BASIN-LOST BASIN

  • Deposit

    MINING DISTRICT, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, USGS PP 650-A,

  • Deposit

    1969, A1-A2

  • Deposit

    THEODORE, T. G. W. N. BLAIR., AND J. T. NASH, GEOLOGY AND

  • Deposit

    GOLD MINERALIZATION OF THE GOLD BASIN LOST BASIN MINING

  • Deposit

    DISTRICTS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, USGS PP 1361, 1987, 1676

  • Deposit

    AZ BUREAU OF MINES BULL 137

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINE WAS MAINLY DEVELOPED BY SHALLOW, MOSTLY INCLINED SHAFTS, DRIFTS, AND CROSSCUTS TO A MAXIMUM DEPTH OF ABOUT 70 FEET, BUT MOST WORKINGS DO NOT EXCEED 30 FEET IN DEPTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-SEP-1991 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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