Latitude: 35°18'N
Longitude: 114°8'W
‡Ref.: Schrader, F.C. (1909), Mineral deposits of the Cerbat Range, Black Mountains, and the Grand Wash Cliffs, Mohave County, Arizona: USGS Bull. 397; Elsing, M.J. & R.E.S. Heineman (1936), Arizona metal production, AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 140; MRDS files #10027795 & 10113395; Wilson, E.D., et al (1934), AZ Bur. of Mines Bull. 137: 114; Willis, C. (1920), AZ Mining Jour., Aug 1920: 13; AZ Dept. Min. Resources Mohave card file.
A former undergrond Au-Ag-Cu-Pyrite mine located in the foothills of the Cerbat Mountains, about 1 mile NW of the Golden Gate Mine. Produced 1880 to 1909.
Mineralization is a vein in schist. It strikes N.35ºW., dips 75º SW, and is 4 to 5 feet (1.3 to 1.6 meters) wide. Gangue is quartz and altered breccia. Oxidation extends to a depth of 90 feet.
Workings include a 200 foot deep shaft and about 200 feet of drifts and some stoping near the surface. Concentrates average 13.42 oz. Au and 40 oz. Ag/T.
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