Roadside

The Roadside is a gold and silver mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,900 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Roadside  

State:  Arizona

County:  Mohave

Elevation: 1,900 Feet (579 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 35.2192, -114.48310

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Roadside MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Roadside
Secondary: Arizona Rand Gold Mine Inc.
Secondary: Mother Lode


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Union Pass


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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Pecos Resources
Info Year: 1980

Owner Name: Fischer-Watt Mining Co.
Info Year: 1980


Production

Year: 1934
Time Period: 1932-1934
Description: 1932-34 890 Tr Oz Au, 1734 Tr Oz Ag.


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Unknown
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Specularite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Gypsum
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Epidote


Comments

Comment (Deposit): CURRENT MINING IS GOPHERING ON LISTRIC FAULT. ACTIVITY IN 1984-86 INCLUDED GEOLOGIC MAPPING AND A GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLING PROGRAM WITH SURFACE DRILLING. PROPERTY DISCOVERED BETWEEN 1910 AND 1915.

Comment (Geology): THIS IS A DETACHMENT FAULT TYPE DEPOSIT. THE ORE IS FOUND IN A FAULT BRECCIA IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE FAULT. THE BRECCIA CONSISTS OF INTENSELY BROKEN PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE AND RHYOLITE. ALTERATION INCLUDES CHLORITIZATION.


References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DURNING, W.P., AND F.L. HILLEMEYER. COLOSSEUM-MORNING STAR-

Reference (Deposit): MOHAVE CUSTOM MILL PROJ.CARD FILE

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FRISCO MINE-MINE FILE,HOUSEHOLDER MAP

Reference (Deposit): ADMR ROADSIDE MINE-MINE FILE

Reference (Deposit): WEED,W.H.,THE MINES HANDBOOK VOL.XVI(1925)P243

Reference (Deposit): ELSING&HEINEMAN,AZBM BULL.140,P96.

Reference (Deposit): MC CUCTCHAN,V.C.,65TH ANNUAL REPT.,AZ.STATE MINE INSPECTOR,

Reference (Deposit): P6

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ROADSIDE-COPPERSTONE: PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN

Reference (Reserve-Resource): CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN ARIZONA. PAPER IN FRONTIERS IN

Reference (Reserve-Resource): GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA AND THE SOUTHWEST, ED.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BY B. BEATTY AND P.A.K. WILKINSON (PROC. DIGEST, V. XVI,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): AZ GEOL. SOC. PUBL., TUCSON, AZ, 1986, PP. 248-266.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NIEMUTH, N.J. ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986. AZ

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DEP. MINES AND MINER. RESOUR., REP. D-29(87), 1987, 46 PP.

Reference (Deposit): USGS 7 1/2 UNION PASS MAP

Reference (Deposit): WILSON,E.D.,AZBM BULL.137,P102,104-105 MAP

Reference (Deposit): GARDNER,E.D.,USBM I.C.6901,P8(MAP),44

Reference (Deposit): BOLIN,G.H.,5TH ANNUAL REPT.OF AZ STATE MINE INSPECTOR,P19,30


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