Black Dyke Mine (Princess Gold Mine; Princess Mine), Union Pass Mining District (Katherine Mining District), Oatman Mining District, Black Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
35° 13' 54'' North , 114° 29' 44'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Katherine | 103 (2011) | 6.1km |
| Laughlin | 7,323 (2011) | 10.0km |
| Bullhead City | 39,445 (2017) | 11.4km |
| Golden Valley | 8,370 (2011) | 24.8km |
| Oatman | 135 (2011) | 25.0km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Silvery Colorado River Rock Club | Bullhead City, Arizona | 11km |
| Mohave County Gemstoners | Kingman, Arizona | 40km |
Mindat Locality ID:
36384
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:36384:1
GUID (UUID V4):
1dc130b8-e275-499b-b922-02e0658905b0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Black Dyke group; Gilbert group
A former Ag-Au occurrence/mine located in the N½SW¼ sec. 2, T21N, R21W, G&SRM, 6 miles W of Union Pass and 3 miles East of the Katherine Mine, on Bureau of Land Management administered land. Owned by G. J. Alton, H. Williams and Anita G. Williams (1977). The USGS MRDS database stated accuracy for this locality is 500 meters.
Mineralization is a deposit hosted in granite. The ore body is comprised of stringers that strike NW and dip 30SW at a width of 45.72 meters and a length of 914.4 meters. Free gold occurs in clean, oxidized quartz and calcite. A large vein comprised principally of calcite, cut by a great number of small stringers of quartz. The vein takes a curved course trending NW and a length of ½ mile (about 1 km). About midway between the ends it is 150 (46 meters) feet wide. It appears to occur in a shattered rhyolite which may have been replaced to a certain extent by both the calcite and quartz. Associated rocks include Pliocene-Neoproterozoic rhyolite. Local rocks include Middle Miocene to Oligocene volcanic rocks.
Regionally Tertiary flows strike NW and dip 30 to 40NE, and overlie Precambrian granite and gneiss with NW to NNW-trending normal faulting.
Workings include underground openings comprised of a small inclined shaft plus a number of small tunnels beneath the outcrop.
Gold values are about $2.40/ton (period values).
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3 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10027944 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mojave DomainDomain
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- Arizona
- Mohave County
- Black MountainsMountain Range
- Mohave County
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