The Sheeptrail-Boulevard is a gold mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,700 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: 2,700 Feet (823 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.21944, -114.45111
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Sheeptrail-Boulevard MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sheeptrail-Boulevard
Secondary: Sheeptrail
Secondary: Boulevard
Secondary: And Minnie Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Union Pass District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Thomas Deshazo
Home Office: Bullhead City, Az.
Years: 1986 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
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: STRINGERS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw To Nnw Trending Normal Faulting. Tert Flows Strike Nw, Dip 30-40 Ne
Type: L
Description: Rhyolite Dikes In Granite, Rhyolite Flow To Sw Of Mine
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :01, 49?
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FOR 1906 TO 1908 MAY HAVE BEEN INCLUDED UNDER FIGURES FOR PYRAMID MINE.
Comment (Development): 5 PATENTED CLAIMS. PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE NEW COMSTOCK MINING CO, ARIZONA-PYRAMID GOLD MINING CO (1904), GOLD STANDARD MINES, LOU FERRA SR., B. ISHMAN, SHEEPTRAIL GOLD MINE, DON ADAMS SUPPLYING ORE TO SPRINGOLD MILL (1982). 1984-86: HEAP LEACH TEST OF DUMP AND TAILINGS MATERIAL.
Comment (Deposit): MOST ORE WAS WITHIN RHYOLITE.
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED TO A DEPTH OF 428 FT BY DRIFTS, TUNNELS, AND SHAFTS TOTALING 5000 FT OF WORKINGS.
Comment (Geology): BEST ORE ASSOCIATED WITH PULVERULENT MN OXIDE.
References
Reference (Deposit): LAUSEN, C., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OATMAN AND KATHERINE DISTRICTS, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 131, P. 120.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR-FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): ARIZONA BUREAU MINES BULL. 137, P. 106.
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. 204.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 106.
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