Gold Road Mine

The Gold Road Mine is a gold mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,999 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

Name: Gold Road Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Mohave

Elevation: 2,999 Feet (914 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 35.04417, -114.37667

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Gold Road Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Gold Road Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Beryllium


Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: San Francisco 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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1903
Year Last Production: 1949
Discovery Year: 1902
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

Form: STRINGER LODE


Structure

Type: R
Description: Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks

Type: L
Description: Sheeting Of Andesite N 40 W, 90 ; Latite Occurs To The N Of The Vein, While To The S Both Latite And Andesite Can Be Found


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Deposit): VEIN IN FAULT ZONE IN LATITE.

Comment (Workings): 4 SHAFTS AND THE LINE ROAD TUNNEL; PRINCIPAL AREA OFSTOPING IS AROUND NO. 1 AND NO. 3 SHAFTS ON THE GOLD ROAD AND LINE ROAD CLAIMS

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MOST ORE MINED HAS COME FROM 3 SHOOTS ON THE NORTH STRAND OF THE VEIN. THE LARGEST SHOOT BEING 900 FEET LONG, 22 FEET WIDE, DOWN TO THE 700 FOOT LEVEL. MOST OF THE ORE WAS FROM 2 TO 10 FEET WIDE.

Comment (Development): 4 CLAIMS; GOLD ROAD, LINEROAD, BILLY BRYAN, RAILROAD; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE GOLD ROAD MINING AND EXPLORATION CO (1902), NEEDLES SMELTING AND REFINING CO (1911), US SMELTING, REFINING, AND MINING CO, GOLDFIELD GREAT BEND MINING CO, JACK SHANK, J.D. SPARGO, E. TEMPLIN, F. SHASSON, D.B. HARPER

Comment (Commodity): DISTRICT ALSO HAS SMALL AMOUNTS OF CHALCOPYRITE, CHALCOCITE, PYRITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, RED PB OXIDES, AND WULFENITE


References

Reference (Deposit): GARDNER, E.D., 1936, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS, WESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6901, P. 31 - 32.

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 93.

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, P. 153.

Reference (Deposit): LAUSEN, C., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OATMAN AND KATHERINE DISTRICTS, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 131

Reference (Deposit): 5) ELSING, M. J. AND HEINEMAN, R. E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140 , P. 96

Reference (Deposit): ELSING, M.J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 96.

Reference (Deposit): USBM BULL 743, 1923, P. 45-46.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 340, 1907, P. 76-77.

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 318, 1959, P. 102.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.

Reference (Production): ABM BULL'S. 130 , 137 , 140


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