Roadside Mine

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.

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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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