Mine detail: Occident Mine

Previously called 'Occidental Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.72307, -114.38525

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Cerargyrite
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1941

Geology

Host type:	Schist
Structure:	Schistosity Dips 30 N
Alteration processes:	Strongly Oxidized

References

MRDS	M004558
DEP	10102582
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. 134.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: THOMPSON, 1925, ARIZ. MINING JOUR., NOV., V. 9, NO. 12, P. 7.}
Reporter	Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Orris, Greta J.