Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
TertiaryCopper, Lead, Vanadium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlFaulting, Fracturing
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Pyrite, Wulfenite
Geology
Host rockTrachyte · Oatman Andesite;Gold Road Latite;Alcyone Trachyte
StructureNnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1927 - 1928 , 1935
First production1927
Last production1940
Discovery year1925
Identification
Deposit ID10027937
MRDS IDM004561
Alternate namesWestern Apex, Western Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.03641, -114.39386
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. 37.USGS BULL 743, 1923, PLATE 1.ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.ADMR FILE DATA.NORTHERN MINER, 1988, SUN VALLEY REHABILITITING UNITED WESTERN MINE SHAFT: NORTHERN MINER, V. 74, NO. 38, P. 17.NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.CIMRIU.S.B.M. I.C. 6901, P. 38.THE NORTHERN MINER, 1988, P. 17; NIEMUTH, 1987; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.