The Occident Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,959 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: 2,959 Feet (902 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 35.72306, -114.38444
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Occident Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Occident Mine
Secondary: Occidental Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: White Hills District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1941
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: Schistosity Dips 30 N
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strongly Oxidized
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): REPORTED IN 1909 TO HAVE BEEN A "HEAVY PRODUCER".
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED W.R. KILLERS, C. ROSSEAU, J.R. SMITH
Comment (Workings): 8 LEVELS OF WORKINGS
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. 134.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON, 1925, ARIZ. MINING JOUR., NOV., V. 9, NO. 12, P. 7.
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