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⇱ L.P.M. Mine, Gold Basin Mining District, White Hills, Mohave County, Arizona, USA

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L.P.M. Mine, Gold Basin Mining District, White Hills, Mohave County, Arizona, USAi
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L.P.M. MineMine
Gold Basin Mining DistrictMining District
White HillsGroup of Census-designated Places
Mohave CountyCounty
ArizonaState
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
35° 45' 23'' North , 114° 12' 43'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
White Hills323 (2011)16.9km
Dolan Springs2,033 (2011)19.1km
Meadview1,224 (2011)30.2km
Chloride271 (2011)38.0km
Valle Vista1,659 (2017)49.7km
Mindat Locality ID:
39433
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:39433:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A former Cu-Au occurrence/mine located in the NW¼ sec. 4, T27N, R18W, G&SRM. NOTE: The geographic coordinates presented are approximate to the center of section 4.

Mineralization is in a very coarse-grained, porphyritic monzogranite. Altered schist crops out in a pit 60 meters NW of an old headframe. A zone of steeply North dipping to vertical quartz veins and veinlets have an average strike of N50ºE. The majority of stringers are less than 2.5 cm long and a few are 20 to 30 cm long.

Workings include underground openings comprised of 2 shafts approximately 15 meters deep in the pediment.

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Commodity List

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Mineral List


2 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

Note: data is currently VERY limited. Please bear with us while we work towards adding this information!

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Alphabetical List Tree Diagram

Entries shown in red are rocks recorded for this region.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Gold
Formula: Au
Description: Traces of lode gold in quartz.
ⓘ 'K Feldspar'
Description: As phenocrysts to 5 cm diameter.
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘGold1.AA.05Au
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
Unclassified
ⓘ'K Feldspar'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
AuGold
Auⓘ GoldAu

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