The Van Deemen Mine is a gold mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,749 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,749 Feet (838 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.69944, -114.54806
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Van Deemen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Van Deemen Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Eldorado Pass District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Arizona Star Resources Corp. And Amir Mines Ltd.
Years: 1987 -
Owner Name: Amselco Exploration, Inc. And Fischer Watt Mining Col
Years: 1987 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Year Last Production: 1941
Discovery Year: 1935
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: E Of Major N-S Trending Fault, The Epperson Fault, Mine On Upthrowm Side To W Are Down Thrown Mount Davis Volcanics
Type: L
Description: Beds Strike Nnw In Mine Area
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1930'S
Comment (Deposit): THE GOLD MINERALIZATION APPEARS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH LIMONITE STAINING IN THE BRECCIA ZONE.
Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDED: WILLIAM THOMPSON, C.O. HEWINS. THE VAN DEEMEN MINE EXPLORATION DRILLING TOTALED 13 REVERSE CIRCULATION HOLES FOR A TOTAL OF 5000 FT. AMSELCO EXPLORATION USED GEOLOGIC MAPPING AND INTERPRETATION TO DETERMINE THAT THE MINERALIZED ZONE WAS A LOW-ANGLE BRECCIA. VAN DEEMEN HAS BEEN SUBLEASED TO FRISCO MINING FOR AN AIRTRACK DRILLING PROGRAM AND ARIZONA STAR RESOURCE HAS CONDUCTED SURFACE DRILLING OVER 4 DETACHMENT BRECCIA TARGETS (FALL, 1986) WITH FURTHER DRILLING TO BE DONE IN 1987. IN 1987, ARIZONA STAR RESOURCE CO. STARTED DEVELOPING THE EXTENSIVE HEAP-LEACH GOLD RESERVES.
Comment (Workings): UNDERGROUND OPERATION IN 1941. LATER DEVELOPMENT FOR HEAP LEACH.
Comment (Geology): PRECAMBRIAN GNEISS AND SCHIST ARE OVERLAIN BY MIDDLE TERTIARY VOLCANICS AND SEDIMENTS. THE TWO FORMATIONS WERE BROUGHT INTO CONTACT BY A REGIONAL, LOW-ANGLE DETACHMENT FUALT WITH THE ATTENDENT BRECCIA ZONE.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ADDITIONAL RESERVES OF 10-15 MILLION ST OF SIMILAR GRADE RESERVES ARE POSSIBLE.
Comment (Location): LAND HAS NOT BEEN SURVEYED IN SECTION WHERE MINE IS LOCATED.; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 374-E, 1963.
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 (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 (Reserve-Resource): SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.
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