Mine detail: United Western Mine

Previously called 'Western ApexWestern Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.03641, -114.39386

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Tertiary: Copper, Lead, Vanadium
Ore: Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Pyrite, Wulfenite
Discovery year: 1925

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1927 - 1928 , 1935
First production started: 1927
Last production ended: 1940

Geology

Host rock:Oatman Andesite;Gold Road Latite;Alcyone Trachyte
Host type:Trachyte
Structure:Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks

References

MRDSM004561
DEP10027937
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. 37.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 743, 1923, PLATE 1.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, 1988, SUN VALLEY REHABILITITING UNITED WESTERN MINE SHAFT: NORTHERN MINER, V. 74, NO. 38, P. 17.}{Deposit:: NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.}{Deposit:: 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.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: U.S.B.M. I.C. 6901, P. 38.}{Reserve-Resource:: THE NORTHERN MINER, 1988, P. 17; NIEMUTH, 1987; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.}
ReporterJohnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Orris, Greta J.