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Swiss-American

Unknown in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10113416
MRDS ID M001657
MAS/MILS ID 0040150287
Record type Site
Current site name Swiss-American
Alternate or previous names Ben Doran, Bonanza Shaft, Golconda
Related records 10026989

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.4169, 35.01972 (WGS84)
Elevation 719
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

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 019 N 020 W 21 SESWNW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.4169, 35.01972
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Swiss-American Mining Co.
    Home office Ohio
    Year 1916

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS 7 1/2 OATMAN MAP

  • Deposit

    ADMR MOHAVE CARD FILE

  • Deposit

    RANSOME,F.L.,USGS BULL 743,P3(MAP).

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER,F.C.,USGS BULL397,P182,196-198

  • Deposit

    MOHAVE CUSTOM MILL PROJ. CARD FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR UNITED EASTERN MINE FILE,HAFF&COLWELL MAP

  • Deposit

    ADMR HOUSE HOLDER MAP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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