Mine detail: Excelsior Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.80334, -114.19692

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum, Zinc
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Discovery year: 1885

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1900 - 1906

Geology

Host type:Schist,Granite
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite,Pegmatite,Granite
Alteration processes:Propyllitic

References

MRDSM004083
DEP10027784
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, P. 122.}{Deposit:: ELSING, M.J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 96}{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.}{Production:: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 140 , P. 96}
ReporterJohnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)