United Western Mine

The United Western Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,841 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: United Western Mine
Secondary: Western Apex
Secondary: Western Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Vanadium

Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: San Francisco District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Sun River Mining Corp.
Years: 1987 -

Production

Year: 1940
Time Period: 1927 - 1940
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.300 Toz Au/St

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1927
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1925
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1920'S

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVE ESTIMATE IS BASED ON 10,000 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKING AND APPROXIMATELY 10,000 FT OF DIAMOND DRILLING. THERE ARE SEVERAL POSSIBLE EXTENSIONS ALONG THE UNITED WESTERN VEIN OF ORE-GRADE MINERAL ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MINE.

Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE FISCHER WATT MINING CO. (1986), CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINING CO, BEE AND BAYLISS, WESTERN APEX MINING, DAYTON CONSOLIDATED, JOHNSON, WINTER, E.G. ASHCRAFT, VIVIAN MINING CO, SUN VALLEY GOLD CORP. CONSISTS OF 3 AND 1/2 CLAIMS. 1984-86: FISCHER WATT IDENTIFIED RESERVE THAT REQUIRED MILLING. ; ECON.COM: THE MINE CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE CLOSURE OF THE CONTRACTED MILL.

Comment (Deposit): ORE DEPOSITED IN FRACTURES.

Comment (Workings): SHAFT 735 FT DEEP WITH LEVELS AT 300, 500, 700 FT. A WINZE CONNECTS THE 700 LEVEL TO DRIFTS AT 850 FT LEVEL CONNECTED WITH THE UNITED EASTERN.

References

Reference (Deposit): NORTHERN MINER, 1988, SUN VALLEY REHABILITITING UNITED WESTERN MINE SHAFT: NORTHERN MINER, V. 74, NO. 38, P. 17.

Reference (Deposit): NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

Reference (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.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. I.C. 6901, P. 38.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE NORTHERN MINER, 1988, P. 17; NIEMUTH, 1987; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.

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.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 743, 1923, PLATE 1.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.

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