Eldorado Mine

The Eldorado Mine is a gold and vanadium mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,999 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: 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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