Golconda Mine

The Golconda Mine is a zinc mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,902 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: Golconda Mine
Secondary: Golconda
Secondary: Prosperity
Secondary: And Tub Mines

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wallapai District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Gamin Resources, Inc.
Home Office: Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Years: 1986 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1957
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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

Form: LENSES

Structure

Type: R
Description: Schistocity In Prec Rocks N 30 E, Veins And Fissures Nnw To Nw

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): PAT PETERSON WAS OPERATOR IN 1973. 1984-1986: GAMIN COMPLETED 2 DEEP CORE HOLES PLUS 5000 FT OF REVERSE ROTARY DRILLIING, IDENTIFIED RESERVE NEAR OLD STOPES, ACQUIRED ADJACENT PROPERTY.

Comment (Deposit): CONSISTS OF 20 CLAIMS OF WHICH THE GOLCONDA, BLACKFOOT, PROSPERITY, AND TUB ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT; OTHER CLAIMS INCLUDE THE PRIMROSE AND POSSIBLY THE EDDY; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE J.D. WANVIG JR., UNION BASIN MINING, GOLCONDA CHEMICAL, GOLD CLIFF, CENTRAL MINING CO., E.M. LEONARD; CAL WRIGHT AND J.P. LANE, OWEN MCNALLY (PROSPERITY); G.M. BOWERS AND T.E. POLLOCK (PRIMROSE); BRYON COLLINS AND OWEN MCNALLY (BLACKFOOT); E.F. THOMPSON AND E.B. SMITH (GOLCONDA); PONTIAC MINES INC., BULWARK MINES INC.

Comment (Deposit): VEINS INCLUDE THE MAIN, THE GOLCONDA OR EAST AND AT LEAST 3 OTHERS-- ALL SIMILAR IN DIRECTION AND FORM, AND THE TUB VEIN WHICH HAS A DIFFERENT STRIKE (BETWEEN N35W AND N55W).

Comment (Workings): MAIN SHAFT ON GOLCONDA CLAIM, 1600 FEET ON INCLINE WITH LEVELS AT 100 FOOT INTERVALS TO 1200 FEET; TUNNEL (700FT) ON PROSPERITY CLAIM; DEVELOPMENT IN MAIN SHAFT MAINLY BY STOPING; SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF TUNNELS AND SHAFTS ON BLACKFOOT CLAIM AND TUB

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002985 OF J.W. HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): USBM R14101, 1947, P. 32.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 397, 1909, P. 100, P. 102.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 978-E, 1951, P. 153-154, P. 147.

Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 156, 1950.

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

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NIEMUTH, 1987.

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