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Unconfirmed Gold Underground

Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Mohave
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Gold
Verification
Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former Ag-Au-Zn-Pb-Pyrite occurrence/mine located in the SW¼ sec. 24, T23N, R17W, G&SRM, 4 miles SE of Chloride, on Bureau of Land Management administered land. Owned by Duval-Pennzoil United Incorporated, Texas (1978). The USGS MRDS database stated …

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Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 11 shaft symbols
  • 6 adit symbols
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • Duval-Pennzoil United Inc · Source-reported owner · 1978

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Iron pyrite
  • commodity:Lead
  • commodity:Silver
  • commodity:Zinc
  • Granite
  • Porphyry
  • Pyrite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (11)
  • mapped adit symbols (6)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 106125

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (8)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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