West Gold Road Prospect

The West Gold Road Prospect is a gold mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,920 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

Name: West Gold Road Prospect  

State:  Arizona

County:  Mohave

Elevation: 2,920 Feet (890 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 35.04556, -114.37861

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West Gold Road Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: West Gold Road Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Gold


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: Occurrence
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: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LEDGE


Structure

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


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): THIS MINE WAS DEVELOPED TO FIND WORKABLE ORE IN THE NORTHWESTWARD EXTENSION OF THE GOLD ROAD VEIN. THE DEPOSIT WAS NOT WORKABLE IN 1906 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT


References

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. 166

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI


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