Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
TertiaryBeryllium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formSTRINGER LODE
Ore controlOre Is Found In Rhyolite Dikes As Finely Disseminated Gold. The Ore Is Associated With Present Water Flow Courses, And Occurs On The Hanging Wall Of The Vein. Vein Is A Fissure Vein
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Silver
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockTrachyte,Latite,Andesite
Associated rockRhyolite,Trachyte,Andesite · Gold Road Latite;Oatman Andesite;Alcyone Trachite;Times Porphyry
StructureNnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks, Sheeting Of Andesite N 40 W, 90 ; Latite Occurs To The N Of The Vein, While To The S Both Latite And Andesite Can Be Found
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1897 - 1931
First production1903
Last production1949
Discovery year1902
Identification
Deposit ID10027907
MRDS IDM004450
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.04419, -114.37747
References
GARDNER, E.D., 1936, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS, WESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6901, P. 31 - 32.WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 93.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. 153.LAUSEN, C., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OATMAN AND KATHERINE DISTRICTS, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 1315) ELSING, M. J. AND HEINEMAN, R. E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140 , P. 96ELSING, M.J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 96.USBM BULL 743, 1923, P. 45-46.USGS BULL 340, 1907, P. 76-77.USGS PP 318, 1959, P. 102.ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.ADMR FILE DATA.ABM BULL'S. 130 , 137 , 140