The Arizona Northern Mine is a gold mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,201 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,201 Feet (671 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.82306, -113.75139
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Arizona Northern Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Arizona Northern Mine
Secondary: Glory Hole
Secondary: Salome Strike
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Ellsworth 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Opposite Direction Of Dip Of The Schists On Either Side Of The Wash In The Vicinity Of The Prospect Suggests That The Direction Of The Gulch May Have Been Determined By Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Siderite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE
Comment (Geology): IN GENERAL THE FREE GOLD IS RATHER SPARINGLY DISTRIBUTED IN THE VEINS, AND IN SEVERAL PLACES THE FREE GOLD WAS ONLY DISCOVERED AFTER DISSOLVING THE IRON OXIDE AND CARBONATE PRESENT, WHICH FORMED AN EFFECTIVE COVERING FOR THE GOLD
Comment (Workings): THE DEVELOPMENTS ON THE STRIKE ITSELF ARE OF THE MOST MEAGER NATURE, CONSISTING ONLY OF A SMALL SURFACE CUT IN THE MOUNTIAN SIDE
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 148
Reference (Production): KEITH, S.B., 1978
Reference (Deposit): BANCROFT, HOWLAND; 1911; ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 451, P. 98
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