Mine detail: Gold Dust Mine

Previously called 'Victor - VirginOrion'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.01446, -114.39358

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form: LENTICULAR
Discovery year: 1865

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1942

Geology

Host type:Andesite
Structure:Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks

References

MRDSM004490
DEP10027916
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. 39.}{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. 190.}{Deposit:: LAUSEN, C., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OATMAN AND KATHERINE DISTRICTS, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 131, P. 110.}{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 95-96.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 743, 1923, P. 49, PLATE 1.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA.}
ReporterJohnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)