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Boriana Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Molybdenum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite, Beryllium, Calcium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008548
MRDS ID D000847
Record type Site
Current site name Boriana Mine
Alternate or previous names Tungsten Mine
Related records 10234839

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.91579, 34.93753 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 3 MILES SE OF WABAYUMA PEAK AND 21 KM ENE OF YUCCA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wabayuma Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018N 015W;016W 07,08,18,19;12,13,31 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • IN BORIANA CANYON AND BULL CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FLUORSPAR IS PURPLE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Silver Ore
Wolframite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Beryl Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification & Sericitization

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE WOLFRAMITE - SCHEELITE RATIO IS 1:1

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.91579, 34.93753
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation N 30-40 E, 75-90 Se, Elongation Of Phyllite Belt, Minor Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults Parallel To Foliation, Minor Faulting Offsets Veins

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 35 E
    Dip 80 SE
    Length 518.16M
    Width 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 323.09M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Foliation In Phyllite And Certain Joint Planes In Granite; Fracturing; Lithology

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PHYLLITE IS PART OF A LARGE PENDANT IN GRANITE, AVERAGING HALF A MILE WIDE AND EXTENDING FOR SEVERAL MILES NORTHEASTWARD. NUMEROUS QUARTZ VEINS CUT THE PHYLLITE BUT ONLY THOSE NEAR THE CENTER OF THE BELT CONTAIN TUNGSTEN IN COMMERCIAL QUANTITY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1908
Year of first production 1915
Year of last production 1980
Production years PRE 1918 TO 1943; 1951-1957, 1979-1980

Mining district

District name Hualapai District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Molybdenum Corp. Of America
    First year 1937
    Last year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner Boriana Mining Co.
    First year 1982

Production statistics

  • Year 1932
    Period 1904-1932
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Zinc Zinc 0wt-pct
    Major Lead Lead 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • THE MAXIMUM ANNUAL OUTPUT OF 26,299 UNITS WAS MADE IN 1936. AFTER 1930, SMALL AMOUNTS OF COPPER CONCENTRATES WERE ALSO RECOVERED. IN 1918, BORIANA WAS THE LARGEST TUNGSTEN PRODUCER IN ARIZONA.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1943
    Total resources 19000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 1 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1943
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1943
    Measured 1088000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 1 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1943
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1943
    Indicated 4399000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 1 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1943

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 4724.4M
    Overall depth 323.09M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE IS DEVELOPED BY 9 MAIN LEVELS AND 3 SUBLEVELS TOTALING 15,500 FT OF LEVEL WORKINGS. THERE IS 1 INSIDE WINZE SUNK VERTICALLY TO 450 FT, 3 LEVELS ARE IN THIS WINZE WITH ABOUT 5000 FT OF WORKINGS. CUT AND FILL MINING WAS MOST COMON.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED GARY BRANUM AND SON AND JIM SLACK (1975), MOLYBDENUM CORP, C. SHIPP, DYE AND BATHRICK. MINE CONSISTED OF 23 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, S.W., 1944, USGS BULL. 940-I, P. 247-264.

  • Deposit

    DALE, V. B., TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, AND MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078.

  • Deposit

    ADMR CLIPPINGS FILE, BORIANA

  • Deposit

    VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND MOORE, R.T., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 352.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 940-I, P. 254.

  • Deposit

    SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, S.W., 1944, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE BORIANA DISTRICT AND THE AQUARIUS RANGE, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 940-I.

  • Deposit

    1941 GEOLMAP HOBBS, S.W. AND KLEPPER, M.R

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    LEMMON, D.M. (UNPUBLISHED DATA); SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.

  • Reserve-Resource

    USGS BULLETIN 940-I, P. 258; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS CONTAIN WOLFRAMITE AND SCHEELITE AND ARE CUT BY SERICIT VEINLETS. ORE IS IN FRACTURES.
Deposit THE BORIANA MINE HAD YIELDED TO THE END OF 1956 FAR MORE TUNGSTEN MINERALS THAN THE COMBINED OUTPUT FROM THE REST OF THE STATE AND ALSO HAD MUCH LARGER INFERRED RESERVES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit Discovery Year: BEFORE 1908 OR 1914

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1973 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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