The Old Maid Mine is a gold mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 899 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: 899 Feet (274 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.96194, -114.05167
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Old Maid Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old Maid Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Northern Plomosa 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
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: LINEAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ABOUT 150 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 2.6 OZ. AU/TON
Analytical Data: AND .1% CU.
Analytical Data: 0.6 OZ. AG/TON
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE: GODBE BROTHERS,OLD MAIN MINING CO.,HOFFMEISTER,COREY.
Comment (Development): DEVELOPED AND WORKED SPORADICALLY FROM EARLY 1900'S THROUGH 1938
Comment (Geology): SPOTTY,FINE-GRAIN GOLD IN HEMATITE AND VUGGY QUARTZ WITH SOME OXIDIZED COPPER MINERALIZATION,IN NARROW,LENSING AND IRREGULAR VEINS.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D.; CUNNINGHAM, J.B.; BUTLER, G.M.; 1934; ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 135
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 192, P. 170.
Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 135
Arizona Gold
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