The Never-Get-Left Prospect is a gold mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,482 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: 4,482 Feet (1,366 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.79611, -114.22333
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Never-Get-Left Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Never-Get-Left Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Gold Basin 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
Year Last Production: 1911
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: L
Description: Dip Of Schist Is 50 W, And Is Greatly Disturbed By Jointing, Fracturing And Faulting
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propyllitic
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED HENRY BULY, KENT AUGUST, MANNA & LESTER
Comment (Deposit): MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ VEINS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT, DRIFT, SHALLOW SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1909, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 397, P. 123.
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 (Other Database): CIMRI
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