Gold Road Mine

Gold Road Mine is an underground gold mine in Mohave County, Arizona, near Oatman. MSHA lists its status as active since Oct 13, 2025 and records 58 employees. It is one of 8 gold mines in Arizona that are not marked abandoned, and one of 3 in Mohave County; by employees it ranks 2 of 7 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Active since Oct 13, 2025
Type
Underground
County
Mohave County
State
Arizona
Land status (BLM data)
Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management
Nearest town
Oatman
Employees reported
58
Operator
Gold Road Mining Corp
Coordinates
35.0069, -114.4531
MSHA mine ID
0202620

Source: MSHA Mines data set, retrieved 2026-10-13. Status and counts can lag real operations.

This location is mapped as federal land. Public land is not an invitation to enter a working mine or old workings. Ask the managing agency about access, claims and closures.

History and geology (USGS)

USGS site name
Butte Group
USGS status
Unknown
Commodities
Gold

Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10186442 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.

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