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⇱ Great West Mine, Mount Perkins, Oatman Mining District, Black Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA

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Great West Mine, Mount Perkins, Oatman Mining District, Black Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USAi
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Great West MineMine
Mount PerkinsMountain
Oatman Mining DistrictMining District
Black MountainsMountain Range
Mohave CountyCounty
ArizonaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
35° 36' 25'' North , 114° 30' 20'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
White Hills323 (2011)17.5km
Dolan Springs2,033 (2011)21.1km
Chloride271 (2011)35.0km
Searchlight539 (2011)40.6km
Katherine103 (2011)43.1km
Mindat Locality ID:
37304
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:37304:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A former Au occurrence/mine located in sec. 27, T26N, R21W, G&SRM, less than 2 miles South of the Mocking Bird Mine, and 13½ miles SE of Nelson's Landing, on Bureau of Land Management administered land. Produced in 1926. The USGS MRDS database accuracy for this locality is not stated.

Mineralization is a Au deposit hosted in Neoproterozoic granite. The ore body dips N at a width of 0.91 meter. Local rocks include Early Proterozoic metamorphic rocks.

Workings include underground openings with an overall depth of 60.96 meters (200 feet).

Analytical data results: $10 to $80 per ton (1909 values).

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