The Eldorado Mine is a gold and vanadium mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,999 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: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 35.79611, -114.20500
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Eldorado Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eldorado Mine
Secondary: El Dorado
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Vanadium
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Gold Basin District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Arizona-Minnesota Gold Mining Co.
Home Office: Minneapolis, Mn.
Years: 1909 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1875
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: L
Description: Vein Dips Se Or Nw At 40 Or 70
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propyllitic
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Lead
Ore: Gold
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED MINNESOTA ARIZONA GOLD, MALCO GOLD CO, EL DORADO MINES, C.W. BURCHAM, W. GRANT
Comment (Deposit): MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ VEINS.
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT WORKINGS 8 FEET DEEP.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000071 OF R.P. FISCHER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S
References
Reference (Production): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 140 , P. 96
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.
Reference (Deposit): ELSING, M.J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 96.
Reference (Deposit): GALBRAITH, 1941, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 149, P. 64.
Reference (Deposit): MYERS, I.A., SMITH, E.I., AND WYMAN, R.V., 1986, CONTROL OF GOLD MINERALIZATION AT THE CYCLOPIC MINE, GOLD BASIN DISTRICT, MOHAVE COUNTRY, ARIZONA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 81, P. 1553-1557.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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