Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlOre Shoots Reportedly Dip Steeply Northeast
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
StructureNnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1942
Discovery year1865
Identification
Deposit ID10027916
MRDS IDM004490
Alternate namesVictor - Virgin, Orion
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.01446, -114.39358
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. 39.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. 190.LAUSEN, C., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OATMAN AND KATHERINE DISTRICTS, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 131, P. 110.WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 95-96.USGS BULL 743, 1923, P. 49, PLATE 1.ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.ADMR FILE DATA.