The Aztec Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,861 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: 2,861 Feet (872 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 36.00001, -114.36944
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Aztec Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Aztec Mine
Secondary: Aztec Shaft
Secondary: Part of Tom Reed Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Oatman 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
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tertiary Volcanic Rock S
Type: L
Description: Mallory Fault Cuts The Big Jim-Aztec Ore Shoot
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: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): OPERATED AS PART OF THE TOM REED
Comment (Deposit): ON TOM REED VEIN
Comment (Workings): AZTEC SHAFT CONNECTS WITH THE BIG JIM, BALD EAGLE, AND GREY EAGLE
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FOR THE AZTEC IS INCLUDED IN THE FIGURES IN ABGMT-USBM TOM REED MINE ENTRY
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M004493 WITH RE CORD M030368 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): GARDNER, 1936, USBM IC 6901
Reference (Deposit): LAUSEN, 1931, ABM BULL 131
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
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