The Cyclopic is a silver and gold mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,360 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: 4,360 Feet (1,329 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 35.78278, -114.24417
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Cyclopic MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cyclopic
Secondary: Indian Secret
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Gold Basin District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Saratoga Mines (1979, 96%); Drs. Richard N. Wyman And Thomas C. King (1979, 4%)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1921
Discovery Year: 1880
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: IRREGULAR TO TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tertiary Age Detachment Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Chloritization, Argillization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS IS ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST PRODUCTIVE MINES IN THE GOLD BASIN DISTRICT.
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFTS, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS. MOST WORKINGS LESS THAN 30 FT DEEP.
Comment (Deposit): DETACHMENT FAULT RELATED DEPOSIT. TWO TYPES OF MINERALIZATION: GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ BEINS OF CRETACEOUS AGE RELATED TO THE CRET GRANITE AND MID-MIOCENE MINERALIZATION IN THE UPPER PLATE OF A DETACHMENT ZONE. ORE CONSISTS OF BRECCIATED FRAGMENTS OF COARSE-TEXTURED GRAYISH VEIN QUARTZ AND COUNTRY ROCK MORE OR LESS FIRMLY CEMENTED BY IRON OXIDE AND SILICA. THIS IS ONLY MINE IN DISTRICT WITH LATE-STAGE TERTIARY ORE SPATIALLY RELATED TO DETACHMENT FAULTING.
References
Reference (Production): SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992; MYERS AND OTHERS, 1986.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.
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 (Deposit): MYERS, I.A., SMITH, E.I., AND WYMAN, R.V., 1986, CONTROL OF GOLD MINERALIZATION AT THE CYCLOPIC MINE, GOLD BASIN DISTRICT, MOHAVE COUNTRY, ARIZONA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 81, P. 1553-1557.
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 STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.
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