Never-Get-Left Mine (Never-Get-Left prospect), Gold Basin Mining District, White Hills, Mohave County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
35° 47' 38'' North , 114° 12' 54'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| White Hills | 323 (2011) | 17.6km |
| Dolan Springs | 2,033 (2011) | 23.1km |
| Meadview | 1,224 (2011) | 26.7km |
| Chloride | 271 (2011) | 42.2km |
| Valle Vista | 1,659 (2017) | 53.2km |
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Josephine patent 1034a; Southern Pride patent 1034a; Golden Butterfly Mine; South Dog Hole Mine
A former Au-Ag-Cu-Zn-Mo occurrence/mine located in the SE¼ sec. 20, SW¼ sec. 21, and in the N½N½NW¼ sec. 28, T28N, R18W, G&SRM, in the eastern White Hills, 10 miles W of Garnet Mountain, on Bureau of Land Management administered land. Past operators include Henry Buly, Kent August, Manna & Lester. Owned by Ralph G. Godfrey, Arizona (1979). The USGS MRDS database stated accuracy for this locality is 500 meters.
NEVER-GET-LEFT MINE.
The Never-get-left mine is located in the upper part of a cliff or fault scarp that overlooks the Eldorado mine on the east, from which it is but a few hundred yards distant. It is situated at about 4,500 feet elevation, or 1,600 feet above Hualpai Valley. It is owned by Henry Paully, of Basin, and is developed principally by an adit drift, shallow shafts, and open cuts, aggregating several hundred feet of work.
The country rock is dark gneissoid schist. The structure dips about 50° W., but the principal deposit dips about 80° N. It has a width of 6 or 8 feet and contains mainly iron-stained or copper-stained crushed gold-bearing quartz. The country rock is greatly disturbed by jointing, fracturing, and-faulting, and its true character is somewhat doubtful. The mine has been a small producer for some years and was shipping ore in April, 1906.
The Never-get-left mine is located in the upper part of a cliff or fault scarp that overlooks the Eldorado mine on the east, from which it is but a few hundred yards distant. It is situated at about 4,500 feet elevation, or 1,600 feet above Hualpai Valley. It is owned by Henry Paully, of Basin, and is developed principally by an adit drift, shallow shafts, and open cuts, aggregating several hundred feet of work.
The country rock is dark gneissoid schist. The structure dips about 50° W., but the principal deposit dips about 80° N. It has a width of 6 or 8 feet and contains mainly iron-stained or copper-stained crushed gold-bearing quartz. The country rock is greatly disturbed by jointing, fracturing, and-faulting, and its true character is somewhat doubtful. The mine has been a small producer for some years and was shipping ore in April, 1906.
Mineralization is a fault vein hosted in schist. The ore body dips 80N at a width of 2.44 meters and is comprised of massive white quartz veins. Alteration is propyllitic. Locally, the schist dips 50ºW and is greatly disturbed by jointing, fracturing and faulting. Associated rocks include Late Cretaceous-Neoproterozoic quartz monzonite, pegmatite and granite. Local rocks include Early Proterozoic metamorphic rocks.
Workings include surface and underground openings with a length of 213.36 meters and comprised of a 9 meter long by 0.6 to 3.1 meter deep open cut, an adit, drift, and shallow shafts.
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4 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Milky Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | var. Milky Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Milky Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Milky Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10102558 |
|---|---|
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10259501 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mojave DomainDomain
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
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