Mine detail: Eldorado Mine

Previously called 'El Dorado'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.79612, -114.20581

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Vanadium
Secondary:	Copper, Lead, Zinc
Tertiary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Gold, Lead, Malachite, Molybdenite, Vanadinite
Gangue:	Quartz
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1880 - 1906
First production started:	1901
Last production ended:	1940

Geology

Host type:	Schist
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Pegmatite,Granite
Structure:	Vein Dips Se Or Nw At 40 Or 70
Alteration processes:	Propyllitic

References

MRDS	M004080
DEP	10027783
Reference	{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: ELSING, M.J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 96.}{Deposit:: GALBRAITH, 1941, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 149, P. 64.}{Deposit:: MYERS, I.A., SMITH, E.I., AND WYMAN, R.V., 1986, CONTROL OF GOLD MINERALIZATION AT THE CYCLOPIC MINE, GOLD BASIN DISTRICT, MOHAVE COUNTRY, ARIZONA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 81, P. 1553-1557.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 140 , P. 96}
Reporter	Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Orris, Greta J.