Mine detail: Gold Road Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.04419, -114.37747

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Beryllium
Ore: Gold, Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: STRINGER LODE
Discovery year: 1902

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1897 - 1931
First production started: 1903
Last production ended: 1949

Geology

Host type:Trachyte,Latite,Andesite
Associated rock:Gold Road Latite;Oatman Andesite;Alcyone Trachite;Times Porphyry
Associated type:Rhyolite,Trachyte,Andesite
Structure:Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks, Sheeting Of Andesite N 40 W, 90 ; Latite Occurs To The N Of The Vein, While To The S Both Latite And Andesite Can Be Found

References

MRDSM004450
DEP10027907
Reference{Deposit:: GARDNER, E.D., 1936, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS, WESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6901, P. 31 - 32.}{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 93.}{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. 153.}{Deposit:: LAUSEN, C., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OATMAN AND KATHERINE DISTRICTS, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 131}{Deposit:: 5) ELSING, M. J. AND HEINEMAN, R. E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140 , P. 96}{Deposit:: ELSING, M.J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 96.}{Deposit:: USBM BULL 743, 1923, P. 45-46.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 340, 1907, P. 76-77.}{Deposit:: USGS PP 318, 1959, P. 102.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA.}{Production:: ABM BUL*. 130 , 137 , 140}
ReporterJohnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)