The Goodman Mine is a gold mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,099 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: 1,099 Feet (335 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.66472, -114.38806
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Goodman Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Goodman Mine
Secondary: Gold Belt
Secondary: Scott Lode
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Thorium
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR, LENSING
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): TH, RAE NOTED IN SHEAR ZONE.
Comment (Workings): UNDERGROUND WORKING INCLUDE SEVERAL INCLINED SHAFTS AND CONNECTING TUNNELS.
Comment (Geology): IN THE OXIDIZED ZONE, THESE CAVITIES ARE MORE OR LESS FILLED WITH IRON OXIDE THAT CONTAINS VISIBLE FREE GOLD. WHERE OXIDATION HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETE, GOLD-BEARING PYRITE IS RELATIVELY ABUNDANT, PARTICULARLY NEAR THE WALLS OF THE VEIN
Comment (Production): NO COPPER OR LEAD RECOVERED.
Comment (Development): WORKED FROM 1860 THROUGH 1914 AND INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH 1940
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D.; CUNNINGHAM, J.B.; BUTLER, G.M.; 1934; ARIZONA LODE MINES AND GOLD MINING: A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 136.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 159
Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULL. 140, P. 104; A.B.M. BULL. 137, P. 136. (10) KEITH, S.B., 1978.
Reference (Deposit): ELSING, M.J.; HEINEMAN, R.E.S.; ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104
Reference (Deposit): JONES, E.L.; 1915; GOLD DEPOSITS NEAR QUARTZITE, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 620, P. 55
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