Cyclopic

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

Name: Cyclopic  

State:  Arizona

County:  Mohave

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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