Big Horseshoe

Prospect in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
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 10162306
MAS/MILS ID 0040150366
Record type Site
Current site name Big Horseshoe

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.1041, 35.16422 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kingman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Wash(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 021 N 017 W 32 NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.1041, 35.16422

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Johnston And Witcher Mines, Inc
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1939

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMR BIG HORSESHOE MINE FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Admr U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.