The Secret Pass is a gold mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,999 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: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.15222, -114.37083
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Secret Pass MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Secret Pass
Secondary: Tin Cup Mine
Secondary: Wilhelm
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Santa Fe Pacific Mining, Inc.
Home Office: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Years: 1987 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1982
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: LENS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitically Altered Andesite; Potassic, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGH GRADE MATERIAL IS COMMON WITH FIVE- TO TEN-FOOT ZONES ASSAYING 0.5 TO 1.0 OZ/T AU. IN SOME AREAS GOLD IN SOILS ASSAYED FROM 300-350 PPB.
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): MINE WILL PROBABLY BE WORKED BY BOTH SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND METHODS.
Comment (Development): SOIL GEOCHEMISTRY AND GEOPHYSICS BY SANTA FE PACIFIC (1981-1986) AND INTERNATIONAL PROSPECTOR (1987-1991) DRILLED OVER 100 REVERSE CIRCULATION HOLES
Comment (Deposit): ZONES ARE TENS TO MORE THAN A HUNDRED FEET WIDE AND 250-300 FT LONG AND CONTAIN WEAK TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF QUARTZ STOCKWORKS.
Comment (Location): IN BLACK MOUNTAINS. USED MINE MARKED ON SECRET PASS TOPO MAP AS SITE. USBM GIVES LOCATION AS 35-08-37N, 114-21-21W. NIEMUTH (1987) GIVES SECTION 1 NOT 2.
References
Reference (Deposit): SANTA FE PACIFIC MINING, INC., INFORMATION SHEET.
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: U.S. 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; NIEMUTH, 1987
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