The Roadside Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,919 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: 1,919 Feet (585 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 35.21944, -114.48083
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Roadside Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Roadside Mine
Secondary: Arizona Rand Gold Mine Inc.
Secondary: Mother Lode
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: San Francisco 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
Owner Name: Fischer-Watt Mining Co., Inc. And Pecos Resources
Years: 1980 -
Owner Name: Fischer-Watt Mining Co.
Home Office: Kingman, Az.
Years: 1986 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Discovery Year: 1915
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: LODE, STRINGERS, CHIMNEY SHAPED
Structure
Type: R
Description: Detachment Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY AVERAGE 0.25 TO 0.30 OZ. AU/TON (1934 ).
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Specularite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1910'S
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED BRECCIA IS FLOORED BY THE FAULT. LOWER PLATE ROCKS ARE BLOCKY, JOINTED, UNALTERED, AND UNMINERALIZED. THE MINERALIZED ROCK IS INTENSELY GROUND AND BRECCIATED PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE AND RHYOLITE DIKES AND SILLS. THE GOLD OCCURS MAINLY IN GREENISH-YELLOW QUARTZ AND IN STREAKS OF CHOCOLATE-BROWN IRON OXIDE. USBM REPORTS MINERALIZED ZONE IS 750 FT LONG, 90 FT WIDE, 60 FT THICK, AND EXPOSED AT THE SURFACE.
Comment (Development): 1984-86: FISCHER WATT DID GEOLOGIC MAPPING AND GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLING, SURFACE DRILLING.
Comment (Workings): GOPHERING.
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. 44.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E. D., 1934 , ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137 , P. 104- 105.
Reference (Deposit): NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.
Reference (Deposit): SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 137, P. 104; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NIEMUTH, 1987.
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