Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
TertiaryFluorine-Fluorite, Copper
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLODE
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Marcasite, Pyrite, Wulfenite
GangueCalcite, Hematite
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite
Associated rockTrachyte · Alcyone Trachite;Oatman Andesite;Gold Road Latite;Times Porphyry
StructureNnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsPRIOR TO 1909
First production1864
Last production1909
Discovery year1864
Identification
Deposit ID10027926
MRDS IDM004525
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.09974, -114.44748
References
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. 170.WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 94.LAUSEN, C., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OATMAN AND KATHERINE DISTRICTS, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 131, P. 113.NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.CIMRINIEMUTH, 1987.